eric john smith | original artwork | desert landscape

Original artwork by Australian artist Eric John Smith. Painted in 1984.

Eric John Smith (1919-2017) was an award-winning Australian artist. Smith won many of Australia's major art prizes multiple times including the Archibald Prize for portraiture three times; the Wynne Prize twice; the Sulman prize three times; and the Blake prize for religious art six times.

Known for his vibrant use of colour and thick textual paint in his work, many of his artworks are found in the collections of national and state galleries of Australia as well as numerous private and international collections.