DAVID SMITH RSW
DAVID SMITH RSW Off the Beaten Track
3 – 20 November 2020 Preview Days: Thursday 29 October: 12-6 Friday 30 October: 12-6 Saturday 31 October: 11-4 The entire exhibition can also be viewed at www.thackeraygallery.com All work is available to purchase on receipt of this catalogue
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KENSINGTON
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Off the Beaten Track As en plein air painter, I am inspired by the Scottish landscape, the Western Seaboard, its fishing boats and the Hebridean Skies. The land and the sea are everything. Venturing into the countryside, camping in all weathers, I seek to capture the everchanging Scottish Landscape in my notes, sketches and paintings. Painting outside on a blank canvas is challenging but always very rewarding. My painting palette primarily consists of Kings Blue Light, Cerulean Blue, Ultramarine and Turquoise for the sky with the seas being a chaotic mix of ochres and earth colours. I tend to paint using large brushes to quickly capture the colours and essence of the moment before adding finer detail. I would say my painting style is painterly, spontaneous and instinctive. I rarely work from photographs. The sense of place, smell of the sea, colours of the sun and the sound of the wind cannot be captured in a photograph. I always prefer to experience what I paint. Throughout my travels I have always painted boats especially the older wooden clinkerbuilt fishing boats. I am fascinated with their history as well as their shapes, designs and bright colours. My paintings seek to look beyond the painted surfaces and to capture a small portion of their spirit. My boat paintings have been described as loose, and semi-abstract whereas the landscapes and seascapes are contemporary and representational.
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Red Nets & Lines oil on canvas – 64 x 74cm
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Abandoned Whaling Station oil on canvas – 102 x 102cm
Cloudless Sky, Hebrides oil on canvas – 102 x 102cm
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Smokehouse & Seagulls oil on canvas – 102 x 102cm
The Ships Crew oil on canvas – 102 x 102cm
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Morning, Camusterrach oil on canvas – 61 x 61cm
Long Summer Night, Camusterrach oil on canvas – 76 x 76cm
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Spring Snow, Glen Affric oil on canvas – 61 x 81cm
Gardenstown oil on canvas – 61 x 61cm
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Sea of The Hebrides oil on canvas – 102 x 127cm
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Pots & Creels, Mallaig oil on canvas – 76 x 76cm
Winter Pines, Glen Affric oil on canvas – 102 x 102cm
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North Uist oil on canvas – 76 x 76cm
Turquoise Sea, Hebrides oil on canvas – 76 x 76cm
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The Black Cuillin in Snow oil on canvas – 102 x 127cm
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Spring Colour in the Glen oil on canvas – 76 x 76cm
Scots Pine Forest, Deeside oil on canvas – 66 x 76cm
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Winter Field. Deeside oil on canvas – 102 x 102cm
The Devils Point oil on canvas – 76 x 76cm
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Farr, Bettyhill oil on canvas – 61 x 61cm
Ardgour Harbour oil on canvas – 66 x 76cm
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The Belle oil on canvas – 102 x 127cm
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Summer Evening, Kintail oil on canvas – 61 x 81cm
Arisaig oil on canvas – 61 x 61cm
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Winter Glencoe oil on canvas – 46 x 61cm
Skye Cuillin in Winter oil on canvas – 46 x 61cm
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A Pair of Mackerel oil on canvas – 51 x 51cm
Three Mackerel oil on canvas – 51 x 51cm
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WORKS ON PAPER
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Old Harbour Macduff watercolour on paper – 58 x 64cm
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Stromness, Orkney watercolour on paper – 28 x 33cm
Red Trawler & Huts, Skye watercolour on paper – 46 x 64cm
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Spring Shower, Gardenstown watercolour on paper – 28 x 33cm
Rothiemurchas Pines watercolour on paper – 28 x 33cm
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Common Blue Lobster watercolour on paper – 41 x 41cm
Blue Squat Lobster watercolour on paper – 41 x 41cm
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Tidal Flow Tiree watercolour on paper – 51 x 64cm 42
Sound of Harris watercolour on paper – 54 x 54cm
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Autumn Pines watercolour on paper – 28 x 33cm
Mackerel on a Blue Plate watercolour on paper – 28 x 33cm
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BIOGRAPHY Born in 1957, David Smith is a Scottish Contemporary en plein air artist. The palette and inspiration for his work comes from his love of the Scottish outdoors. He has travelled extensively hillwalking and mountain climbing across the world, but he always returns to paint in Scotland. David’s oil and watercolour paintings primarily feature the seaboard and landscape of Scotland. Painting and sketching en plein air allows him to immediately capture the colour and harmony of the subject in front of him. This can then be translated onto a finished work in the studio. David was elected a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW) in 2011. Although predominantly a self taught artist, David has studied at various colleges including the Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow School of Art and Latrobe University, Melbourne, Australia. SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONS FROM 2005 – PRESENT: Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow; Lime Tree Gallery, Long Melford & Bristol; Crinan Gallery, Crinan; The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour, Glasgow; The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Glasgow; Paisley Art Institute, Paisley; The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh; Tolquhon Gallery, Aberdeenshire; Smithy Gallery, Blanefield; Falle Fine Art, Jersey; The Jerdan Gallery, Crail; Gullane Gallery, Edinburgh; Panter and Hall, London; Lemond Gallery, Glasgow; Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow; Red Rag Gallery, Cotswolds; John Green Fine Art, Glasgow; By Distinction Art, Glasgow; The Edinburgh Gallery, Edinburgh; Heinzel Gallery, Aberdeen; Gallery Q, Dundee; Scotlandart.com, Glasgow; Ballater Gallery, Aberdeenshire; Strathearn Gallery, Crieff; Thackeray Gallery, London AWARDS & PRIZES: David Cargill Prize, RGI 140th Annual Exhibition; Winsor & Newton Award, RSW 129th Annual Exhibition; Shortlisted for The Inverarity One To One Travel Award; RGI 149th Annual Exhibition, The Adam Award, PAI 122nd Annual Exhibition; James B. Curr Award, PAI 123rd Annual Exhibition; By Distinction Art Award, PAI 126th Annual Exhibition; The Rendezvous Gallery Artist in Residence Award, RSW 134th Annual; House for an Art Lover Award, Paisley Art Institute 129th Annual Exhibition; Fabriano Residency Award at the RSW Annual Exhibition MAJOR COLLECTIONS & COMMISSIONS: The House of Lords, London; The BBC Collection; The Swiss Consulate, Edinburgh; Glasgow 46 Caledonian University; The Law Society of Scotland
Tidal Flow Tiree – watercolour on paper – 51 x 64cm
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