GRAHAM W. SMITH F.R.Q.A.S.
About the Artist
Graham has worked in oils, acrylics, pastels, watercolours and mixed media since 1966.
His main oeuvre is landscapes and seascapes but in the 2017 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize his oil painting of “Silver Steve”, a human statue in Queen St Mall was one of 200 semi finalists out of 1200 entries Australia wide. Out of 453 art awards he has received 164 First Prizes including 61 Acquisitive awards.
His works are predominantly vignettes of life, usually from the many countries he has visited over the course of his career. Graham likes to paint his work on site and then return to his studio and develop the studies into much larger works.
He has held workshops in all mediums in Qld, S.A., N.S.W., Tasmania and Western Australia and has tutored at the Bunbury Regional Gallery, Tweed River Regional Gallery and Bundaberg Regional Gallery.
Over the last 19 years he has contributed over 100 articles including a monthly “Art Tips” column that ran for 5 years in the Australian Artist magazine.
His TV programme “Arts Masterclass” shown over 12 episodes on Briz 31, has been aired in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne and he also ran a twice weekly art tips segment on Bay FM radio, Brisbane for 9 months.
His work is in the collections of Sunshine Coast Regional Gallery and Pine Rivers Gallery in Queensland.
Judging engagements have included Hervey Bay Art Awards, Mt Isa, Blackwater, Bell, Gatton, Beenleigh, Redlands, Redcliffe, Gold Coast and the Watercolour Society.
His watercolour and acrylic sketch books done in Italy, Tahiti and Thailand with many of these images reproduced in articles in the “Australian Artist” magazine.
In 2004 he became a Master Pastellist with the Pastel Society of Australia. In 2005 Graham received a scholarship from the Pastel Society of America in New York. Arts Queensland proivded him with a travel grant to undertake this study.
In 2015 Royal Queensland Art Society awarded him a Fellowship to the Society for his services to art and he has created over 2800 works across all mediums.
In 2018 he has been invited to exhibit at “Fabriano in Acquarello” Watercolour Convention 3-7th May and his work will appear alongside artists from 70 countries in the prestigious world’s largest watercolour event at Fabriano in Italy where they have been manufacturing watercolour paper for centuries.
Telephone: (07) 3893 1976 Email: lynmayberry@bigpond.com
Graham W. Smith – Professional artist, tutor and art judge
