[3] At the RCA, Smith studied under John Minton, Ruskin Spear and Carel Weight.
[4] During the 1950s, Smith's early work was in a neo-realist style known as "The Kitchen Sink School" featuring domestic subjects.
In the 1960s, Smith abandoned realism and adopted a brightly coloured, abstract style comparable to those of Wassily Kandinsky and Piet Mondrian incorporating Constructivism and Biomorphism with elements of hieroglyphic and musical notation.
[5] Smith continued to develop and work in this style and did not return to realism.
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