David Brian Smith - Seeing Red London Saturday, March 16, 2024 | Phillips

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  • Artist Biography

    David Brian Smith

    British • 1981

    David Brian Smith works focuses on the genre of landscape painting within his practice as a way of
    connecting to his family history. The artists choice of motifs and painting style are reminiscent of theʼBrotherhood of Ruralists (founded in 1975 in Somerset, England), a group of painters who
    concentrated on the depiction of nature and rural places. In his practice, Smith not only uses various
    found objects such as illustrations, postcards or photographs as a source of inspiration for his
    subject matter, he also draws increasingly on his own personal memories and history.


    Smiths family were Christian missionaries to British India. He was brought up in a rural context, andʼ
    his eventual move to London triggered a longing for his past and a need to reconstruct the notion of
    his former home, and address the issues of cultural as well as social belonging. Smith uses his
    practice to both re-imagine his lived past and to envision his position in the future. David Brian Smith
    studied at the University of Wolverhampton and the Chelsea College of Art and Design in London.

     
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A bit more somewhere

signed, titled and dated ''A bit more somewhere' David Brian Smith 24' on the reverse; further signed, titled and dated '2024 DAVID BRIAN SMITH 'A BIT MORE SOMEWHERE' 2024 David Brian Smith 24' on the stretcher
oil paint and gold leaf on herringbone linen
180 x 150 cm (70 7/8 x 59 in.)
Painted in 2024.

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