Phyllis Clair Smith

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 After graduating from Edinburgh college of art and Edinburgh university in 2012 with an MA(Hons) in fine art, I moved to London seeking to learn the traditional techniques of decorative art that I became interested in after writing my dissertation on the symbolic importance of the use of materials in European medieval art.

I enjoy the challenge of creating original solutions to decorative problems. Comfortable working on site whether a large construction site or small residential, or creating work in the studio and then installing. I am used to both working on my own and within a team, with experience of onsite management and creative direction.

My own practice involves creating layers of drawing within one image with a range of media that gradually build up into an abstract image that aims to indicate a landscape. Evocative travel literature, symbolic medieval art and my own experiences of the outdoors are amongst my influences to create work that aims to encourages contemplation.

Working as both a fine and decorative artist has allowed me to amass an in-depth knowledge of materials in order to manipulate them and create highly specific and unique works, whether to a specific design brief or to satisfy my own aims as an artist.

In 2021 I was honoured to become a QEST scholar, receiving a QEST Howdens scholarship to embark on a period of intensive study of faux marbling and wood graining painting techniques under Pierre Beaudry. 

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http://www.qest.org.uk

For any enquiries please contact info@phyllisclairsmith.co.uk

Instagram: @phyllisclairsmith

 

Work in progress in the studio this week #wip #studio #eglomise #drawing #basrelief #experiment #materials #silver #pigments #samples The scaffolding has come down in St Mary’s church in Long Crichel, Dorset. It’s been a few weeks since I finished my part in the project for @boneblackltd  wood graining parts of the ceiling and the altar rail, and helping to gild some of the decoration, I do miss the most peaceful site I’ve had the pleasure of working on (and getting to use this key every day!) and am looking forward to revisiting in a few weeks to see it all finished @boneblackltd @friendlesschurches #sitework #qestscholar #woodgraining #painting #restoration #friendlesschurches #dorset #coolkey A selection of the miniature samples I took to the showcase at @qestcraft’s annual luncheon this week. Thank you to @qestcraft for a great day, it was wonderful to meet so many other #qestscholars! From the faithful to the fantasy, these  faux marble and wood graining samples show some of the techniques I’ve been learning in my @howdensjoinery scholarship with @artistdecorators #qestcraft #decorativearts #fauxmarbling #woodgraining #painting #sample #training Heading back to site in Dorset after a busy but fun week of @qestcraft training with @artistdecorators, making some new samples, and some fun gilding #wip #qestscholar #painting #marble #woodgraining #eglomise #gilding @friendlesschurches St Mary’s, Long Crichel in Dorset is finally getting the makeover it so badly needed. Paint research revealed what original late-Georgian colour scheme was lurking under the 1970s purple, orange and blue décor. We’re now painstakingly reinstating the original palette, including the wood-grained ceilings. Paint sketch #painting #wip #abstractlandscape #art #study #sketch Studio drawing Marble mirror  #verreeglomise #gilding #silver #abstract #marble #mirror #silver #silverleaf #glass #glassgilding #eglomise Porphyry textures #verreeglomise #fauxmarble #porphyry #silver #texture #surface #painting

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