(Sunyata Gallery, San Pedro, CA) Flowmaster, curated by Ron Linden, is an intriguing look at three interesting artists, working as Linden says, in an “offbeat, politically and socially charged “ manner.

Smith precisely skewers the homogeneity of suburban life with other amusing and artful pieces. Dream Kitchen reads as an interesting abstract as well as a sample for floor tile for the perfect house. All the amenities of suburban life are listed between the diagonal lines including “Spill- Proof Shelves”, “Digital Timer”, “Fluff Cycle” and “Thru-Door Ice Dispenser”. In Western Landscape brilliantly colored images partially obscure a wallpaper landscape with cowboys and Indians. The Day-Glo primary colors are the only jarring note in this patterned landscape, and two motor homes race through trying to see it all. Smith’s meticulously rendered canvases have a subtle irony that perfectly evokes the bland boredom of life in suburbia.

Dave Smith works in a subversive Pop mode that is both humorous and touching. His Orange County Bathroom with Choice of 3 Vanities is a quirky parody of a model home brochure. Set against a newly constructed bathroom wall with a glistening shower head, three bathroom vanities float in a cluster, held together by a postcard view of a suburban roofline with palm trees. The suburban ideal of owning your own home becomes mundane when it boils down to the selection of three boring vanities.