Julian Merrow-Smith is a British fine artist based in Provençal France. He paints landscapes and portraits however, it’s his still life works that we love the most.

These compositions often contain fruit & veg, bread, onions, garlic, kitchenalia, tumblers of whisky and bottles of wine and olive oil. I love his technique and confident style; his paintings are full of life and the way he captures light, shadow and reflection is just magical.

He was commissioned by Cunard to paint 8 paintings for the Queen Mary II ocean liner and was twice selected for the National Portrait Gallery BP Portrait Award (2017 [the self-portrait below] & 1999). His work has been bought by collectors from all around the world.

In 2005, Julian Merrow-Smith began his Postcard from Provence project whereby, each day, he creates a small painting which he then auctions off, on his own website, to registered users. Each work is usually around the  To date (21^st May 2021) he has produced 3,244 oil on board works as part of the scheme.

I’ve now registered, in the hope that one day I’ll be the winning bidder of one of his beautiful still lifes.

_{All image credits: Julian Merrow-Smith©}