David Smith RSW

Born in 1957, Dunbartonshire, David Smith is a Scottish Contemporary artist. Although predominantly a self-taught, David has studied at various colleges including the Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow School of Art and Latrobe University, Melbourne, Australia. Working en plein air, David creates distinctive landscapes of the Scottish Highlands, Islands and the coast. The palette and inspiration for his work comes from his love of the Scottish outdoors. He has travelled extensively hill walking and mountain climbing across the world, but he always returns to paint in Scotland.  

David’s oil and watercolour paintings primarily feature the seaboard and landscape of Scotland. Painting and sketching en plein air allows him to immediately capture the colour and harmony of the subject in front of him.  This can then be translated onto a finished work in his studio. 

David was elected a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW) in 2011. His work can be found in many private collections worldwide. 

David Smith has been represented by Thackeray Gallery since 2019.