Painter and printmaker, born in London, who did a foundation art diploma, Buckinghamshire College of Higher Education, 1981–2; graduated in fine art, painting, from Norwich School of Art, 1983–6; and obtained his master’s in fine art, printmaking, from Camberwell College of Arts, 1994–6. In 1989, Smith established Moreia Studio in Harlech, Gwynedd. He was co-organiser of the Harlech Biennale from 1994 and initiator and organiser of Harlech Printmaking Open 2000 in association with Theatr Ardudwy. Awards included a Sir Phillip Reckitt Travel Assistance Award, 1984; Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Award, 1987; and a WAC Career Development Grant: major new screenprint project, exploring the surface of colour, sponsored by Gibbon Inks and Coatings Screen Division, 2001.