Aidan Lee Smith

​Aidan enjoyed fine art at school and had some success with portraiture, exhibiting at The Young Originals and Perspectives exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Western Australia in 2002, winning the latter. He received an academic scholarship to study a Bachelor of Law at Notre Dame University in Fremantle and graduated in 2006.

Aidan was never particularly interested in Law so he began trying to figure out exactly what he wanted from his life, subsequently travelling the world, living and working various odd jobs in countries such as the UAE, Italy, Russia, Mexico and Central America. During this period he dabbled in Art occasionally but rarely gave it much of a chance.

He moved to Margaret River in 2010 and began dabbling in art and music again. The turning point for him was his 30th birthday when he decided to take the plunge and do what he had always dreamt of – being an artist. Aidan began to realise that he had always viewed the world as an artist, so much so that he was forever being pulled up on staring at things too much. He began painting seriously again and sold his first work in early 2015. Within 2 months he held his first solo exhibition, which was a raging success, selling all 14 pieces. From there he left his odd menial jobs behind and became a full time artist.

​Aidan is proudly self taught, and thus focus on experimenting with a range of techniques, styles and subjects. He is heavily influenced by Voka and Spontaneous Realism, graffiti and street art, and the layered pallette knife work of artists such as Joshua Miels and Francoise Nielly. His works are most often large format and are characterised by bold colours, emotional raw brush strokes and extensive layering.

​He regularly produces commissioned works and now has paintings hanging in businesses and homes around the world.