▁an ▁incon clus ive ▁direction ▁and ▁a ▁world ▁outside ▁the ▁frame ▁is ▁tant alis ing ▁suggested . ▁ ▁Fig ures ▁are ▁present ▁in ▁many ▁of ▁Sm art ' s ▁paint ings . ▁These ▁are ▁said ▁to ▁be ▁" im pass ive ▁obser vers , ▁recon ci led ▁to ▁the ▁contemporary ▁state ▁of ▁things , ▁prepared ▁to ▁accommod ate ▁themselves ▁to ▁an ▁increasing ly ▁imp erson al ▁environment " ▁or ▁as ▁" stat ements ▁on ▁the ▁de human ising ▁conform ity ▁of ▁modern ▁architecture ▁and ▁social ▁painting ". ▁According ▁to ▁Sm art ▁however , ▁" the ▁truth ▁is ▁I ▁put ▁figures ▁in ▁mainly ▁for ▁scale ". ▁It ▁is ▁Sm art ' s ▁precise ▁and ▁une qu alled ▁attention ▁to ▁clean ▁lines , ▁composition ▁and ▁geomet rics ▁that ▁make ▁his ▁eye - catch ing ▁paint ings ▁stand - out ▁" in ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁modern ▁Australian ▁art ". ▁" The ▁subject ▁matter ▁is ▁only ▁the ▁h inge ▁that ▁opens ▁the ▁door , ▁the ▁hook ▁on ▁which ▁hang s ▁a ▁coat . ▁My ▁only ▁concern ▁is ▁putting ▁the ▁right ▁shapes ▁in ▁the ▁right ▁colours ▁in ▁the ▁right ▁places . ▁It ▁is ▁always ▁the ▁geometry ". ▁ ▁Under ▁the ▁t utor ship ▁less ons ▁of ▁modern ist ▁artist , ▁Dor rit ▁Black , ▁Sm art ▁acquaint ed ▁himself ▁with ▁the ▁' G old en ▁Mean .' ▁Also ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁' the ▁golden ▁ratio ', ▁' the ▁divine ▁proportion ', ▁' the ▁mean ▁of ▁Ph id ias ' ▁and ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁other ▁names , ▁it ▁has