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Tom Henderson Smith has lived in Cornwall since 1980 and in St Just-in-Penwith since 1984. Born in Yorkshire, his early education was in Huddersfield and he went on to gain an honours degree in Fine Art at Newcastle-upon-Tyne University. On graduating in 1971 he was awarded a Bunzl travel scholarship to study in Italy. He returned to the U.K. in 1973 and lived for seven years in Bath, training as a teacher at Bristol University. He taught Art in Bath, London and Cornwall from 1976 to ‚99 and was head of Art at Mounts Bay School, Penzance from 1982 to 1999.
A wide range of his output can be seen at the Turn of the Tide Studio that he shares with Gabrielle Hawkes in St. Just.
Online gallery and art sales
Follow the links below to view my original paintings, drawings
and prints. The majority of these are for sale either as
original pieces or as prints. Alternatively don't forget you can
order art gift tokens if you are looking for gift ideas.
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| New work | Landscape & seascape | People & festivals | Drawings |
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| More landscape Prints | More seascape prints | festival prints |
My
shared studio in St Just |
Current Exhibition:
A wide range of my output can be seen at the Turn of the Tide Studio that I share with printmaker / painter Gabrielle Hawkes in St. Just-in-Penwith.
Recent Exhibitions:
Shaping a Vision of Cornwall - 24th April to 20th May 2006 at Bodmin Shire Hall, Cornwall.
2nd to 14th April 2006 at the Mariners Gallery St Ives, Cornwall.
Group Exhibitions:
Royal Academy and Federation of British Artists (1977 and 1978 respectively)
Newlyn Orion Gallery, Newlyn, Cornwall UK (1981)
Visions and Journey's Gallery, St. Just, Cornwall UK (from 1986 to 1993)
Great Atlantic Mapworks Gallery, St. Just, Cornwall UK (1998)
The Camelford Gallery, Cornwall UK (October 2001)
Truro Museum, Truro, Cornwall Uk (April 2002)
"Crowns and Chasms", Botallack Counthouse, Botallack, Cornwall UK (July 2002)
Previous solo and two person exhibitions:
Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy (1972)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne University, UK (1972)
Art Centres in Bristol (1974), Bath (1975), Plymouth (1976) & Penzance (1983 & 1985)
The Schoolhouse, Morvah, Cornwall UK (September 1999)
The Mariner's Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall UK (July 2001 and October 2003).
Tom
Henderson Smith
Turn of the Tide Studio 35, Fore Street St. Just-in-Penwith
Penzance, Cornwall TR19 7LJ