Paul McDonald Smith is based in Geelong - near Melbourne - Australia, and has worked as a professional artist throughout his working life.
A painter in oil, his work also features some watercolour and pastel and includes a great variety of subject matter - portrait, landscape, still-life, flowers and figure.

Trained in both traditional and modern principles and philosophies he has always been drawn to the tradition of representational painting with a particular emphasis on the tonal factor and the depiction of light, natural effects and appearances.