Painter, born in London, who moved to Bristol in early 1950s. He was educated at Ludlow Grammar School and studied ceramics at West of England College of Art, with brief studies in Cardiff. In Bristol he set up a graphic and interior design partnership in 1971, in 1973 forming a design-and-build firm. On moving to the country in 1978 he began painting, wide travels abroad influencing his work. From 1985 Smith moved away from figurative painting and began work on bigger, multiple canvases in an abstract style. He said that he was “increasingly involved in the exploration of the complex relationships between space, form and structure” employing a variety of materials, such as industrial paint and adhesive. Showed solo at Cleveland Bridge Gallery, Bath, and the Old Vic Theatre Gallery, Bristol.