The Bee's Knees by Gabby Smith: a girl in a polka-dot top, striped socks and hot pink roller skates with bees landing on her knees

Detail of The Bee's Knees by Gabby Smith: bees landing on her knee

Detail of The Bee's Knees by Gabby Smith: her face and long hair

Detail of The Bee's Knees by Gabby Smith: hot pink roller skates

The Bee's Knees

$750.00

The bee’s knees is 1920s slang for the very best, right up there with the cat’s pajamas. Here the bees took it literally: a girl in a polka-dot top, striped socks and hot pink roller skates sits with her knees up while little bees land right on them.

Artist: Gabby Smith
Year: 2026
Type: Original painting, one of a kind
Medium: Acrylic and acrylic markers on back-stapled canvas
Size: 24 × 24 in. canvas
Framing: Custom southern yellow pine frame
Series: Words Are Weird, an exploration into idioms and phrases that make no literal sense

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The Bee's Knees

$750.00