“The principal person in a picture is light.”
            “ le personage principal dans un tableau c’est la lumiere”.                  Manet

           Paul McDonald Smith, OAM, FVAS, FRSA (Lond.)

                                                              Artist, Painter, Tutor

        







                  "Morning Light - Sovicille Italy"

           Welcome to my Website.

    These pages include a few examples of my paintings from the 1970’s to the
    present day, along with details of my background as painter.

    I consider it a privilege to work as an artist, to contribute to the arts community,
    and to share the society and friendship of so many wonderful Australian artists,
    students and art lovers.  I hope you may find some of the following material of
    interest.

    Paul McDonald Smith





    Introduction
    Paul McDonald Smith is based in Melbourne, Australia and has worked as a
    professional artist for his entire working life. A painter in oil, his work also
    features watercolour and pastel and includes a great variety of subject matter –
    portrait, landscape, still-life, flowers and figure. Trained in both traditional and
    modern methods, he has always been drawn to the tradition of representational
    painting with a particular emphasis on the "tonal" factor and the depiction of
    light, natural effects and appearances. His primary interest focuses on the long
    established genre of pictorial realism found in successive European masters such
    as Velázquez, Chardin, Constable, Corot,  Fantin-Latour and Manet.
                                                     
All rights reserved.
      Paul McDonald Smith
               ARTIST
"It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all
schools of art."
    Oscar Wilde
"Between Showers, Sovicille, Italy"
"Still Life with Chrysanthemums"
"The Artist's Mother"
"Cumquat Marmalade"
                                                                                                    Works are not for sale.
    The paintings represented on this website are held in private, corporate, institutional,regional               
    and public collections along with the collection of the artist and are not available for purchase.
"Romsey Pines"
"Contre Jour -  Cerbaia"