Artworks by Tim Smith

I paint small, strange, glowing worlds: night skies, a blossom tree in my garden, half-remembered landscapes. Each one feels like a window, or a fragment of a bigger scene that carries on beyond the frame.

My works are painted on heavy weight canvas and sandpaper. The rough surface catches and scatters light, so the colour glows from within and shifts through the day. Hang one on your wall and you’ll see something different at breakfast than you do by lamplight.

I’ve been painting for forty years, since I was bitten by the painting bug and never recovered. I studied Fine Art (BA and MFA), have exhibited in the UK and internationally, and my paintings now hang in private collections across the UK, Europe, the USA, Canada and Asia.

I never settle into one way of working. Paint does unexpected things as it settles and dries, and I chase that. If I can surprise myself, there’s a chance I’ll surprise you too.

Most of my work is intimate in scale, made for real homes: a hallway, a dining room, above a bed, in a child’s room. It’s the kind of painting you keep noticing new things in.

Browse the collection, and if one stops you in your tracks, it’s probably meant for your wall. Want something specific? I also take commissions, so get in touch.

Exhibitions

2023 Ferens Open
2020 A painting in the window - a new work each day in lockdown
2019 Bodleian Library Oxford
2018 Self And Others, Neo Arts, Bolton
2017 Hessle Show
2017 Community Open Wilberforce Hull
2016 watercolours on the move, Denmark
2016 RA Summer Exhibition
2015 Humber to The Wash
2015 Ferens Open
2014 East Riding Open
2014 Pop Open, Hull
2014 Ferens Open
2014 Art Crasher Live San Francisco
2013 Running Watercolours Bergen
2013 Pop Live, St Ives
2012 New Paintings, Apple Gallery Cambridge
2011 Humber To Wash
2010 Ferens Open