ALL HUMAN ENDEAVORS ARE A RESULT OF THOUGHT AND ACTION.
THOUGHT AND ACTION DO NOT EXIST WITHOUT CONNECTION. THEY ARE LINKED, NOT ONLY TO THEIR CONTEMPORANEOUS WORLD, BUT TO A PAST HISTORY AS WELL.
THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS RELATED TO THE CREATION OF OBJECTS ARE FIRMLY ROOTED IN AN AESTHETICALLY FORMULATED BASE, DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO HUMAN AWARENESS AND RICH IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT.
IT IS THIS BASE AND THESE OBJECTS THAT DEFINE THE WORLD OF ANTIQUES AND ENGAGE COLLECTORS AND DEALERS IN THEIR INEXHAUSTIBLE SEARCH FOR THAT BEAUTY AND RARENESS THAT FORM A LINK TO THE PAST AS WELL AS TO THE HUMANNESS IN ALL OF US.
THE TOUCH OF A WORN SURFACE, IT'S TEXTURE AND COLOR, THE SENSIBILITY OF FORM IN TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS, THE LIFT, THE COMPRESSION, THE UNDERSTANDING OF SPATIAL CONSIDERATIONS, AND....ABOVE ALL.... THAT HUMAN CONNECTION TO LIVES THAT WERE LIVED....
THESE ARE THE DRIVING FORCES THAT MOTIVATE ALL OF US WHO ARE IN NEED OF CREATING A LIVING ENVIRONMENT, RICH IN BEAUTY AND HISTORY, TO ACT AS A BUFFER FROM A WORLD SOMETIMES OUT OF CONTEXT WITH THE CIVILITY WE REACH OUT TO TOUCH.
BOB SMITH
MONTROSE, PENNSYLVANIA
AUGUST 2007