Lemon Street Gallery

Ronald F. Smith, RGI

Saturday 12 th March - Saturday 9 th April 2005 Private View Friday 11 th March 6 - 8pm

"Colour, mood and simplification are important in my work. Painting is never easy, nor should it be."

Ronald F. Smith, RGI

Ronald F. Smith, RGI has been exhibiting with the Lemon Street Gallery since it opened, in 1999, and we are delighted to present an exhibition of his recent paintings in our forthcoming March schedule.

Smith is a Scottish painter and member of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts since receiving the David Cargill Award in 1997. He attended the Glasgow School of Art from 1966-1969, and has exhibited widely throughout the United Kingdom during his impressive career of painting for over 30 years. Smith's work is included in such public collections as the Leeds Education Authority, Glasgow City Council, Northern Lanarkshire Council, Flemmings and Adam & Co.. His work is also held in private collections in the UK , Holland , New Zealand , Canada and the USA .

Ronald Smith's early retirement from his post as Principal Teacher of Art and Design, Bellshill Academy (1979-2002) coincided with the acceptance of a commission from Cunard for paintings and prints for their new liner, QM2. Now completed, Smith has continued to produce paintings based on landscapes and seascapes of the Highlands of Scotland and the Mediterranean.

His recent painting trip to Cornwall was a contrast to the wilderness of Sunderland . Smith says that he likes the differences of mood, light and colour between Cornwall , Scotland and the Mediterranean . Smith's work is always based on places observed. His many influences include the paintings of Diebenkorn (1922-1993), Matisse (1869-1954) and Staël (1914-1955) - all of whom in their own way explore the boundary lines between representation and abstraction; colour and geometric form; and the medium of 'paint' itself.

Smith's forthcoming exhibition will fill two floors of the Lemon Street Gallery with his remarkable paintings. Admirers, collectors and "new comers" to Smith's work are all invited to come enjoy the richness of his colourful palate, scenic paintings and experience of natural world in painterly terms.

The work below features in our exhibition Just click on an image for a closer view.

The show runs at the gallery from 11 march - 11 april 2005

We're open monday-saturday, 10:30-5:30. Please pay us a visit

Harbour Entrance Dubrovnik, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 ins	Boats oil on board, 32 x 34 ins	Mgarr Harbour , Gozo, 30 x 36 ins
Harbour Entrance Kyrenia, oil on board, 14 x 20 ins	Lisbon , oil on board 18.75 x 13.75 ins	View through a window oil on board 25 x 21 ins
White Boats Dubrovnik oil on board valetta	Autumn sunshine St. Ives oil on board 24 x 20 ins	Clifftop View gouache 15 x 15 ins
Hillside Village Morocco 20 x 24 ins	Meditteranean seashore oil on board	Jetty oil on board 20 x 30
Old Town Dubrovnik oil on canvas oil on canvas 24 x 20 ins	Seaside café Dubronik oil on canvas, 24 x 30 ins	Winter Sun, Kyrenia harbour oil on canvas 20 x 24 ins
Fishing Village Maderia oil opn canvas 24 x 20 ins	Pafos, oil on canvas 30 x 34 ins	The Fort Dubrovnik oil on canvas 30 x 34 ins
Sunshine and Cloud Torridon oil on canvas 40 x 36ins	Old Buildings Valletta oil on board 17.5 x 28.5ins	Meditterranean Village gouache 3.75 x 11.5 ins
The Fort, Funchal ( Madeira ) gouache 11 x 7 ins	The harbour , Mousehole, gouache, 11 x 16 ins	Autunm Light, Moushole gouache 11 x 16 ins
The harbour, Crail 63.5 x 76 cm Oil on board	Fowers 61 x 51 cm Oil on board	Boats, Madeira 51 x 61 cm Oil on canvas
Wilderness, Sutherland 86 x 97 cm Oil on canvas	Old walls, Dubrovnick 76 x 86 cm Oil on canvas	Sheltered harbour 91 x 81 cm Oil on canvas
The harbour, Coverack 63.5 x 76 cm Oil on board	The Mediterranean 66 x 76 cm Oil on board	Almeria, midday 61 x 51 cm Oil on canvas
Boats, Dubrovnick 97 x 22 cm Oil on canvas