Lucien Smith, Lost Time, Stolen Paintings

Lucien Smith, Smashed Pieta, 2015, oil on linen, 6 1/2 x 8 in., stolen in 2015, luciensmithstudio As his friends and admirers rush forward with an outpouring of grief after the too-early death of Lucien Smith, a lot of folks might be wondering what to do in the face of loss. One thing, of course, is to reach out to friends and see how they’re doing, especially if you know they’ve had a tough time. In the case of artists who got exploited to hell by the art speculation and celebrity system when they were young, maybe don’t make that experience or that work—or the art world itself—the point, especially right now. And if you could get past all that while they’re still around, all the better. Lucien Smith, Monkey in Cage, 2015, oil on linen, 8 x 10 1/2 in., stolen in 2015, : luciensmithstudio Another thing one could do to mitigate loss, specifically in this case, is to help recover the ten Lucien Smith paintings stolen in late 2015, soon after they were made. [Thanks in these difficult…