Showers (2026) Original Acrylic Painting by Tim Smith

Last year I tried to write, and after dallying with AI I generated around 300,000 words of mediocre stuff developing well trodden ground. I deleted it all. This led me to concentrate on writing flash fiction, stripping stories down to 100 words precisely. Showers was one of those stories -

At first I was concerned when the anaesthetist told me things would feel different, and I was reluctant, but I had waited for so long and to be honest, I had little choice in having it done. Strange how the body recovers and remaps itself in new ways, adapting to what becomes a new normal, and a new extraordinary set of sensations. And it did feel different, unexpectedly in new and better ways. Showers became a sensual experience, and in the summer nights, laying naked in the long grass, new explosions occurred, arcane and natural, amid warm clear night skies.

This painting is part of a set exploring working on heavy weight canvas, with minimal paint allowing the canvas to playan active role in allowing the minimal paint applied by small brushes interact with the colour which is carressed over the surface, and is ready to hang.

Materials used:

Acrylic

Details:

• Acrylic painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 30 x 25 x 1cm (unframed) / 30 x 25cm (actual image size)
• Ready to hang
• Signed on the back
• Style: Expressive and gestural
• Subject: Nudes and erotic