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Giles Smith is a representational oil painter working in the tradition of historical painting, exploring both personal and contemporary ideas. Rooted in classical oil techniques, he considers himself as a “humble practitioner in a long and glorious tradition”.

About the artist

Giles Smith (b. Birmingham, England 1962) attended St. Martins School of Art London in the early eighties specialising in painting. Spend many dissolute years as a signwriter/ muralist and guilder in London, Smith arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand in 1994 and began a career in Scenic art in the film and theatre sector. 

Various local and international film projects over the course of a couple of decades has brought him to this new body of work concentrating on easel and oil painting.  

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Images: Ralph Brown

Artist Kōrero
Saturday 16 August
11am - 12pm