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Michael Smither

PAINTER / COROMANDEL

BIO

About Michael Smither

Michael Duncan Smither is a New Zealand artist from New Plymouth whose practice includes a longstanding dedication to screen printing. He studied at Elam Art School in Auckland from 1959 to 1960 and is based in the Coromandel, drawing inspiration from New Zealand’s landscapes and artistic heritage.

Smither began exploring screen printing in the 1960s, following his father, Bill Smither, an accomplished practitioner of the medium. Working together, they created around 250 distinct screen print images over the next 15 years. Michael subsequently began producing signed editions in response to growing demand for his prints.

After his father’s death in 1985, Smither took full control of the screen printing process. His later prints developed his ideas about the relationship between colour and sound, including the After Seurat series, produced in his Otama studio.

His prints are signed and numbered in the traditional manner. He also collaborates with leading New Zealand art printers, including Artrite, to continue developing his printmaking practice.

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