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Artist Statement:
Every year Cornish artist Tom
Henderson Smith creates a
painting inspired by the
summer festival in his town,
St Just-in-Penwith, putting it
up for auction as a fund
raiser for this brilliant
community event. “This is a
wonderful time of year in St
Just” says Tom “in particular
the carnival atmosphere of
Lafrowda Day brings the whole
town alive and what a pleasure
it is for me to celebrate the
life of our community in paint
based on the inspiration it
brings me. I relish this
opportunity to give something
back to our very special town
and hope you feel the same.”
Every new bidder receives a
free print of the picture. A
range of prints of his
previous Lafrowda paintings is
also available at
http://www.hendersonsmith.co.uk
/Lafrowda2010auction.htm and
of his landscape and seascape
work elsewhere on his
website....
Further Information
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Artist Exhibitions:
Planned Exhibition for later
this year:
In the Ocean Light: Recent
paintings and charcoal
drawings at the Spring and
Steele Galleries, Falmouth
Arts Centre, September 30th -
October 11th 2008.
Previous solo and two person
exhibitions:
Palazzo Strozzi, Florence,
Italy (1972)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
University, UK (1972)
Art Centres in Bristol (...
Further Information
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Artist Galleries:
Coming Soon!
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Artist Reviews:
Coming Soon!
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Collections:
Coming Soon!
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Tom Henderson Smith Biography:
| Biographical information for Tom Henderson Smith can be found below. The artist may choose what information to display. Sometimes the artist chooses not to display personal information to the general public. |
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Age
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60
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
2
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| Religion |
SGI Buddhist |
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| Education |
Graduate Degree |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
Walking the coastal landscape of Cornwall with my dog Rags. |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Acrylic
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Florentine School - (1400 - 1600)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
not provided
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| Favorite Work of Art |
not provided
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
The coastal landscape of West Cornwall bathed in what I call the ocean light from the Atlantic. |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
Always had a strong sense of a presence in certain natural forms and made objects and from a young age driven to experience the creation of this "magical" quality myself. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
An adopted Cornishman, I grew up mostly in Yorkshire and was educated there and at Newcastle-upon-Tyne University (BA Hons. Fine Art 1971). Two years in Italy, initially on a Bunzl Scholarship were followed by seven living in Bath, training as a teacher in Bristol and starting out teaching in London. Moving to Cornwall in 1980 I worked as head of art at Mounts Bay School until the opportunity to relaunch my painting career came in 1999.
Able to take up painting again in the late 90's I found that, in West Cornwall, I was living in exactly the right place to do so, an area whose landscape and culture are second to none in the UK.
From 1972 to 1984 I held exhibiitions in Florence, Newcastle, Bath, Bristol, Plymouth and Penzance |
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