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Merlin Smith Plays Scott Joplin
Artwork
As well as the incredible music, another large part of the Joplin era that I enjoy is the cover art for many of his publications. When I started the video series I wanted to include a piece of artwork at the beginning of each video, however I am also very aware that some of the artwork is very offensive, therefore for some pieces I try and find a relative subject to draw from to allow me to create a small drawing or sketch to feature. As well as these pictures I have also included in this gallery some of the sample artwork I haver made in trying to come up with the covers for the album releases. The art is the work of both myself and my partner Isabel Kitchen whose work can be found here: https://www.instagram.com/isabelkitchen_/

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