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New England colorblind artist mesmerizes followers with time-lapse paintings

Poof! Like a rabbit suddenly appearing in an empty magician's hat, Joshua Smith makes animals come to life in seconds with time-lapse art illusions.
Longhorn art by Joshua Smith

NEW HAMPSHIRE (NEWS CENTER Maine) — Joshua Smith has always had a proclivity for art. He has also always been colorblind.

Growing up in Lee, N.H. Smith was exposed to art in a nontraditional way, through kits.

At eight years old, Smith says he was learning how to paint, do leather work, wood-burning art and calligraphy all through kits purchased at the store.

Nowadays, Smith, who has an art degree from Brigham Young University, prefers to use watercolor. He's painted a little bit of everything from portraits to landscapes but is a little obsessed with animals at the moment.

He says the animal art started by painting birds. His followers on social media would name the birds and give them stories.

Much like Picasso's blue period, Smith went through a bovine period after he created a very popular giant canvas of a cow for season two of the home makeover show, "Home Free," with Tim Tebow.

Afterward, he had a few large canvases left over and decided to paint more cattle. The response was amazing as cows came to life before the eyes of his social media followers in fast-paced time-lapse videos on Instagram

His followers kept asking him to paint longhorns, and in the meantime, friends and fans began to commission him to paint their pets.

Smith, who also works as an assistant design producer for show "Queer Eye" on Netlfix, says colorblindness sometimes changes his intent and gives pieces sometimes new and unintended flavor.

While painting a coastal landscape he grabbed magenta and used it believing it was gray. In the end, Smith didn't know until an on-looker pointed out that the piece had an overwhelming purple hue that he had used the wrong color.

For more information about Smith, visit his website

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