Paul McDonald Smith OAM 

FVAS, FRSA

 "The Ingredients" - Oil on Linen

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.

"The Visitors Chair" - Oil on Linen

Paul McDonald Smith is based in Geelong - near Melbourne - Australia, and has worked as a professional artist throughout his working life.

A painter in oil, his work also features some watercolour and pastel and inlcudes a great variety of subject matter; portrait, landscape, still-life, flowers and figure.

Trained in both traditional and modern principles and philosophies, 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 Velazquez, Chardin, Constable, Corot, Fantin Latour and Manet.

Works are not for sale.

The paintings that appear throughout this website are held in Private, Public, Corporate, Institutional and Regional Collections and are not available for purchase.