Born Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1956 and educated at Scotch College, Paul McDonald Smith has practiced as a professional artist since 1978. Broadly influenced by the teachings of Max Meldrum and more particularly his mentor Sir William Dargie C.B.E., Paul's training included private and tertiary studies from 1973 - ‘79 and European study tours 1975, '78-'79, '86 (Scholarship), '91, studying and painting in England, Italy, France, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Austria and Greece. Various study and painting tours undertaken within Australia. Invited to tutor for various art societies including the Cheltenham Art Group (1977-:) the Box Hill Art Group (1987-:), he has assisted many regional arts organisations throughout Melbourne and Victoria with workshops, demonstrations and lectures. Establishing numerous Community Arts painting classes in Melbourne's northern and western suburbs of Footscray, Williamstown and Essendon, (1981-'98) along with private classes in Kew (1978-'80) relocated to Balwyn (1981-:) he has conducted painting classes since the age of 20. Paul has served on the judging panels of several national art awards, particularly an ongoing commitment as Chairman of Australia's premier award for traditional painting, the coveted A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship, along with a great many independent judging, demonstrating and guest lecturer appointments throughout Victoria and interstate.
awarded "for your outstanding contribution and distinguished service to the arts"- and has been a tutor with the Society's teaching program since 1990. Exhibiting with the VAS since 1976 (aged19) he was elevated to VAS Signatory Membership in 1991, elected to the Society's Council in 1992 and has since served on various sub-committees as Convenor. He has curated a number of retrospective exhibitions of significant Australian artists on behalf of the VAS and has served as Editor of the Society's publications from 1997 -'03. Invited to membership of the Twenty Melbourne Painters Society in 1997, he was elected President of that society in 2003, and holds various Fellowships, and Honorary memberships, locally and internationally. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, London in 1999, he is a member of the Royal Art Society of New South Wales and one of 500 individuals worldwide to be admitted to the Order of International Fellowship, England. Appointed an Honorary member of the Hobsons Bay Art Society ( formerly the Altona Artists Association) in 1984 and more recently appointed Honorary Member of the Glen Eira Cheltenham Art Group Inc, and The Box Hill Art Group Inc., he is Founder of the Moonee Valley Watercolour Painting Group (1998) and is a past member of several regional Societies. Exhibiting since 1976, he has held six solo exhibitions in Melbourne and participated in many group and invitation exhibitions and competitions.
"For service to the Visual Arts as a Painter and Lecturer and to the Victorian Artists Society". The recipient of over one hundred awards for painting including; the Camberwell Travel Scholarship 1986 for European study, Outstanding Achievement Award (UK) ’98," in honour of an outstanding contribution to art", the “Norman Kaye Memorial Medallion” ’98 & ‘99 awarded by peer vote at Victorian Artists Society exhibitions, Distinguished Leadership Award (USA) '99 "For an Outstanding Contribution to Contemporary Society", and the major awards at Bright, Mt Waverley and Mildura in 1999, Royal Overseas League 2000 The Cardinia Shire award 2001, VAS Artist of the Year Award and Medallion 2001- as highest vote recipient for the year at Victorian Artists Society exhibitions, the Alexandra Art Exhibition Open Award 2002, amongst many other awards and honours. His work, including commissioned portraits, flower studies and landscape painting is represented in Private, Corporate, Institutional, Municipal and Regional Gallery collections in Victoria and private collections throughout Australia and overseas. |
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1984 Altona Rotary Exhibition. 1984 Essendon Art Exhibition 1985 Essendon Art Exhibition. 1985 Templestowe Rotary Exhibition. 1985 Woodend Lions Club Exhibition 1987 Box Hill City Art Group Exhibition. 1988 Essendon Festival Exhibition. 1988 Thoroona Art Competition. 1988 Graham Thorley’s Student Exhibition. 1988 Warragul Rotary Competition. 1989 Essendon Festival Exhibition 1989 Kew Rotary Exhibition. 1989 Doncaster Templestowe Artists Society 1990 Essendon Festival Exhibition. 1990 Keilor Kiwanis Art Exhibition. 1990 Camberwell Rotary Travel Study Grant. 1991 Essendon Festival Exhibition. 1992 Essendon Festival Exhibition. 1993 Essendon Festival Exhibition. 1994 Essendon Festival Exhibition. 1995 Altona Artists Association Exhibition and Competition. 1995 Bacchus Marsh Rotary 25th Anniversary Art Competition and Exhibition. 1995 Leongatha Rotary Art Competition and Exhibition. 1995 Dromana Rotary Art Exhibition. 1996 Mental Health Foundation of Victoria. Annual Mental Health Week Poster Competition. 1996 Rosebud Rotary Art Competition. 1996 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College Art Exhibition and Competition, Bentleigh. 1996 Norma Bull Art Scholarship (V.A.S. judging panel) 1996 Wangaratta Art Exhibition and Competition Wangaratta Y’s Mens Club. 1997 Yea Rotary Art Show and Competition 1997 Mentone\ Mordialloc Art Group, Autumn Exhibition 1997 Mental Health Foundation of Victoria. Annual Mental Health Week Poster Competition. 1997 Sunbury Artists’ Society Annual Exhibition and Competition. 1997 A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Awards. (T.M.P.S. judging panel) 1997 Rotary Club of Ballarat East Art Competition 1998 Kemcor Art Competition. 1998 Norma Bull Art Scholarship. (V.A.S. Judging Panel) 1998 A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Awards. (T.M.P.S. judging panel) 1999 Sherbrooke Art Society. Streeton, Roberts and McCubbin Awards. 1999 Grand Mark Masters Lodge Centenary Exhibition / Competition 1999 Medal of Distinction, Royal Art Society of New South Wales. 1999 Friends’ Prizes, Royal Art Society of New South Wales. 2000 Bayswater Rotary Art Competition 2000 Mt Waverley Art Competition 2000 Norma Bull Art Scholarship (VAS Judging Panel) 2001 Herald Sun Camberwell Rotary Art Show Federation Exhibition 2001. Judging Panel with Richard Stone (UK) Portraitist to the Royal Family and Gillian Kaye-Peebles (WA) 2001 Royal Overseas League (Victorian Branch) 2001 Brighton Art Exhibition 2001 Dow Chemicals Award, Hobson’s Bay Art Society 2002 Chairman, Herald Sun Camberwell Rotary Art exhibition Judging Panel with Peter Smales, Artist and Jane Clarke, Deputy Chairman Sotheby’s Australia. 2002 Castlemaine Rotary Art Exhibition 2002 Royal Overseas League (Victoria) 2002 Allan Hansen Memorial Award, Royal Art Society of New South Wales (Sydney) 2003 Chairman, A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Awards (TMPS Panel) 2006 Chairman, A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Awards (TMPS Panel) 2008 Victor Harbor 29th Annual Rotary Art Exhibition - South Australia. 2008 Royal Art Society of NSW, Sydney, 2008 Autumn Exhibition, "Colourful Palettes" , incorporating The Thora Ungar Memorial Award.
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"Still Life with Bread and Peaches"
"Sweet William"
"Toward Warburton"
"Potted Colour"
"Westernport - San Remo"
- Bibliography
- Author of various Curatorial and Biographical Publications
Author of Articles in periodicals and professional journals:
VAS Publications / Editorial ('97-'03)
Australian Artist Magazine
V.A.S. President's Message ('98-"03)
GECAG Newsletter
Various pictorial publications.
Numerous Biographical Catalogue entries since 1984,
State Library of Victoria - Archives of Australian Artists.
State Library of Victoria - Oral History Interview. Archive DVD Recording.
Featured in numerous reference works / catalogues / directories including:
- Who’s Who in Australia
Who's Who in the World
2000 Outstanding Artists and Designers of the 20th Century
International Who's Who of Intellectuals
Dictionary of International Biography
Who's Who in Asia and the Pacific Nations
Australian Organisations and Leaders
- Many others.
Various television, radio and print media interviews.
Numerous Newspaper articles / references..
