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Tony
Smith, for as long as he can remember, has had a passion for motor
racing...long before he cycled from Birmingham to Silverstone in 1948 to
see his first Grand Prix, he became completely enamoured with the sport.
Given a choice of model in art school - a racing car would always be his
first and favourite.
After graduating from art school with honours and distinction his early
career encompassed Graphic Design and Illustration in the advertising
world, but, his first and greatest love remained painting- which he
pursued with a passion in the evenings and weekends.
Tony Smith's subjects have varied from portrait painting and drawing to
planes, trains and military scenes, but it is the challenge of capturing
speed in motor racing that occupies most of his time, be it historic
events or modern F1.
Another of his passions is working on old cars and Tony Smith converted
a sprint car for road use before he was old enough to hold a driving
licence. Today, he still builds sports cars. Combining his two loves,
cars and painting, allows Smith to produce the unique masterpieces in
motion that we associate with the name Tony Smith.
The extremely successful association that Tony Smith enjoys with the
Halcyon Gallery and Washington Green Fine Art publishing Co. began in
1987 and to date he has produced a number best selling Limited Edition
Prints.
Since the sad death of his fellow artist and colleague, Terence Cuneo,
he has introduced a small 'Trademark' animal into his own paintings. It
is not the famous Cuneo mouse, but a small and sometimes animated teddy
bear, named Bertie.
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