The Abstracted Collection is an exploration of the spaces between reality and imagination, where form, memory, and emotion dissolve into something both familiar and ungraspable. In these paintings, recognisable shapes might emerge for a moment before melting back into the canvas, much like the way memories shift and change when recalled. I approach each piece as a search, not for a perfect image, but for a raw truth. Layers of colour, texture, and mark-making are built, destroyed, and rebuilt again, echoing the way we construct and deconstruct meaning in our lives. The process is physical, instinctive, and often unpredictable, allowing the work to hold an energy that feels alive. While the paintings are rooted in abstraction, they often carry a human presence, a flicker of movement, a shadow of a figure, a whisper of a landscape, fragments that invite the viewer to find their own story. I want the work to offer an open space for reflection; a place where the mind can wander and the emotions can land without needing resolution. In the end, The Abstracted Collection is less about what you see, and more about what you feel. It’s an ongoing conversation between the paint, the artist, and the viewer, one that resists tidy conclusions and instead embraces the beauty of the unresolved.

  • Ian Rayer-Smith , A moving field , 2026
    Ian Rayer-Smith , A moving field , 2026
  • Ian Rayer-Smith , Surface dreams , 2026
    Ian Rayer-Smith , Surface dreams , 2026
  • Ian Rayer-Smith, The blues of love, 2026
    Ian Rayer-Smith, The blues of love, 2026
  • Ian Rayer-Smith , Tracked , 2026
    Ian Rayer-Smith , Tracked , 2026
  • Ian Rayer-Smith , Diving into the soul, 2025
    Ian Rayer-Smith , Diving into the soul, 2025
  • Ian Rayer-Smith , Fiddles and floops, 2025
    Ian Rayer-Smith , Fiddles and floops, 2025
  • Ian Rayer-Smith , Flow, 2025
    Ian Rayer-Smith , Flow, 2025
  • Ian Rayer-Smith , Garden of Eden , 2025
    Ian Rayer-Smith , Garden of Eden , 2025
  • Ian Rayer-Smith , Gatherers, 2025
    Ian Rayer-Smith , Gatherers, 2025
  • Ian Rayer-Smith , Invisible me, 2025
    Ian Rayer-Smith , Invisible me, 2025
  • Ian Rayer-Smith , Seeds, 2025
    Ian Rayer-Smith , Seeds, 2025
  • Ian Rayer-Smith , Take your hand in mine, 2025
    Ian Rayer-Smith , Take your hand in mine, 2025
  • Ian Rayer-Smith , Tender moments , 2025
    Ian Rayer-Smith , Tender moments , 2025
  • Ian Rayer-Smith , The deep, 2025
    Ian Rayer-Smith , The deep, 2025
  • Ian Rayer-Smith , The general removal of embarrassing encounters , 2025
    Ian Rayer-Smith , The general removal of embarrassing encounters , 2025
  • Ian Rayer-Smith , Tuffs, 2025
    Ian Rayer-Smith , Tuffs, 2025
  • Ian Rayer-Smith , Under the surface, 2025
    Ian Rayer-Smith , Under the surface, 2025
  • Ian Rayer-Smith , 'Ridicules and delicacies' , 2024
    Ian Rayer-Smith , 'Ridicules and delicacies' , 2024
  • Ian Rayer-Smith , Cutters , 2024
    Ian Rayer-Smith , Cutters , 2024
  • Ian Rayer-Smith , Wonderful Life, 2024
    Ian Rayer-Smith , Wonderful Life, 2024
  • Ian Rayer-Smith , Wander , 2023
    Ian Rayer-Smith , Wander , 2023
  • Ian Rayer-Smith , Lipsync, 2022
    Ian Rayer-Smith , Lipsync, 2022