Brian Smyth is a contemporary realist painter.  His paintings are of objects, places, and people that trigger a desire to make more permanent, a fleeting feeling.    He is dedicated to depicting views with authenticity and technical skill. His work, which spans figurative, portrait, and landscape painting, is characterized by a blend of classical techniques and modern sensibilities.

My goal as an artist is to represent on canvas or panel, in the most authentic way, the aspects of the world that inspire, a certain feeling of nostalgia.  These are mostly the things that I encounter on my daily travels around the urban, and suburban landscape. 

My artistic practice is rooted in naturalistic methods of drawing and painting. This approach was refined through extensive training at the Crawford College of Art and design, and later on at The Angel Academy of Art in Florence, where I later served as an instructor. 

While the later training  was traditional, the paintings act as a response to the contemporary world. I consider myself as a contemporary realist painter and I’m happy to incorporate more abstract and dynamic elements into the work to benefit the overall atmosphere and feel of a painting.