Will Smith

 


" 'He took off his clothes and stepped into the picture.'

"This is how a collector’s two year old child reacted to one of my first beach paintings and it confirmed to me that paintings should have a physical effect on the participant, not evoking a memory or nostalgia, but a communication of senses and emotions that are unique to its inspiration.

"The beach offers the figurative painter humanity at its most innocent and exposed, and offers the landscape artist the interfaces of earth, sea and sky in their most active states, reflecting, merging and dissolving.

"Some of these beach scenes are studded with the synthetic colours of man made materials and paraphernalia - for example the menagerie of heraldic windbreaks and parasols that defend countless golden plots.

"The beach is a place where we impulsively become creative and curious again, though the initial intention is to soak in the sun, sand and the sea and relax.

"The overriding emotions I want to convey are of warmth, energy, freedom and natural harmony, but these often belie elements of struggle and danger. The texture and dynamism of the paint surface are critical to the endurance of the painting’s communication."

Will Smith studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London. 
 

Exhibitions

2011
The Corner Gallery, Carshalton
2006
Hot Paintings, Bear Steps Gallery, Shrewsbury
1996 - 2006
Hidden Art of Hackney, Annual Exhibition
1989 - 1994
Whitechapel Open, London
1993
Stations Of Akdamar, Gallery Café, London 

  • Azure Lagoon by Will Smith
  • Azure Window by Will Smith
  • Azure Window, North Side by Will Smith
  • Bathers by Will Smith
  • Bathers Off The Rocks by Will Smith
  • Bathers On The Rocks by Will Smith
  • Beach At Antibes by Will Smith
  • Beach In Asturias by Will Smith
  • Beach Near Ribadesella by Will Smith
  • Beach On The Maremma by Will Smith
  • Beach, Asturias by Will Smith
  • Below Fort Chambray by Will Smith
  • Below The Cliff, Gozo by Will Smith
  • Bemberin Creek, Hondoq by Will Smith
  • Blue Lagoon Small Arch by Will Smith
  • Bronte Bay Beach by Will Smith
  • Calabrian Beach by Will Smith
  • Calanque de Mauvais Pas by Will Smith
  • Calanque De Sugiton by Will Smith
  • Calanque d'En-Vau by Will Smith
  • Calanques De Sugiton by Will Smith
  • Capo Vaticano by Will Smith
  • Cassis by Will Smith
  • Comino by Will Smith
  • Comino & Cominotto by Will Smith
  • Comino Beach by Will Smith
  • Comino Lagoon Cave by Will Smith
  • Comino Tower Bay by Will Smith
  • Cominotto by Will Smith
  • Conversation by Will Smith
  • Côte d'Azur by Will Smith
  • Dahlet Qorrot Bay by Will Smith
  • Dahlet Qorrot Jetty by Will Smith
  • Dahlett Qorot Jetty 3 by Will Smith
  • Edge Of The Blue Lagoon by Will Smith
  • From The Heights by Will Smith
  • Ghar Lapsi by Will Smith
  • Gorges du Loup by Will Smith
  • Grotta Della Poesia by Will Smith
  • Hammersmith Bridge, Blue Anchor by Will Smith
  • Hondoq Bay by Will Smith
  • Hondoq Beach & Jetty by Will Smith
  • Hondoq Sands by Will Smith
  • Isle D'Oleron Beach by Will Smith
  • Ligurian Bay by Will Smith
  • Ligurian Beach by Will Smith
  • Looking Down From The Azure Window by Will Smith
  • Loughton Camp, Epping Forest by Will Smith
  • Maremma by Will Smith
  • Marsalforn Harbour by Will Smith
  • Marsalforn Sphinx by Will Smith
  • Mgarr ix-Xini by Will Smith
  • Misty Beach by Will Smith
  • Near Hyeres by Will Smith
  • Near Tropea by Will Smith
  • Nerja Beach Shade by Will Smith
  • Otters 'Fresco' by Will Smith
  • Otter's Jetty, Gozo by Will Smith
  • Panarea by Will Smith
  • Parghelia by Will Smith
  • Parghelia 2 by Will Smith
  • Prickly Pears Bay by Will Smith
  • Procida by Will Smith
  • San Blas Bay by Will Smith
  • Sardinian Beach by Will Smith
  • Saturnia Panorama by Will Smith
  • Saturnia Pool by Will Smith
  • Saturnia V by Will Smith
  • Sicilian Beach by Will Smith
  • Source by Will Smith
  • St Lawrenz by Will Smith
  • St Lucia by Will Smith
  • Sunbathing On The Rock Shelf by Will Smith
  • The Blue Hole, Dwerja by Will Smith
  • Thermal Pool by Will Smith
  • Therme Saturnia by Will Smith
  • View From Eze by Will Smith
  • Wading Into Surf by Will Smith
  • White Beach, Black Rock by Will Smith
  • Xlendi Terrace by Will Smith