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British landscape artist, David Smith was born in Thundersley, Benfleet, Essex on 5th April 1949. Of a modest family but having artistic talents in the form of his paternal grandfather, a larger than life character who in his early life, earned his living as a bare fist pugilist and sailed the world on ocean going liners as a printer, producing menus and other shipboard paraphernalia. Also a keen amateur artist teaching his grandson not only defend himself but how to weald a paint brush, introducing David to painting and a fair measure of courage. For David, as his life progressed, needed much of the latter to achieve his ambition as professional artist. |
