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.

  • Dreamwave
    Dreamwave , 2026
    59 x 59 in
    150 x 150 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Fated path
    Fated path, 2026
    70 7/8 x 70 7/8 in
    180 x 180 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Passage
    Passage, 2026
    78 3/4 x 66 7/8 in
    200 x 170 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Wonderful Life
    Wonderful Life, 2024
    76 x 120cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Rewind
    Rewind , 2026
    78 3/4 x 66 7/8 in
    200 x 170 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Wrap
    Wrap, 2026
    63 x 86 5/8 in
    160 x 220 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Ripples are wading
    Ripples are wading , 2026
    71 5/8 x 71 5/8 in
    182 x 182 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Rigours
    Rigours, 2026
    71 5/8 x 71 5/8 in
    182 x 182 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • The way to depart
    The way to depart, 2026
    66 7/8 x 78 3/4 in
    170 x 200 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • The recovered
    The recovered , 2026
    66 7/8 x 90 1/2 in
    170 x 230 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • The approach
    The approach , 2026
    48 x 72 in
    122 x 183 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Shine on intimacy
    Shine on intimacy , 2026
    66 7/8 x 78 3/4 in
    170 x 200 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • The place between
    The place between , 2026
    66 7/8 x 61 3/8 in
    170 x 156 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Revert
    Revert, 2026
    76 x 100 3/8 in
    193 x 255 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Gravitation
    Gravitation , 2026
    92 1/2 x 108 1/4 in
    235 x 275 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Surface dreams
    Surface dreams , 2026
    54 x 54 in
    137 x 137 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Beneath that follows
    Beneath that follows, 2026
    94 1/2 x 70 7/8 in
    240 x 180 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Fiddles and floops
    Fiddles and floops, 2025
    66 7/8 x 78 3/4 in
    170 x 200 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Flow
    Flow, 2025
    200 x 275cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • The deep
    The deep, 2025
    51 1/8 x 63 in
    130 x 160 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Lipsync
    Lipsync, 2022
    61 3/8 x 42 1/8 in
    155.9 x 107 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Take your hand in mine
    Take your hand in mine, 2025
    66 7/8 x 78 3/4 in
    170 x 200 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Tender moments
    Tender moments , 2025
    98 3/8 x 63 in
    250 x 160 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • The general removal of embarrassing encounters
    The general removal of embarrassing encounters , 2025
    66 7/8 x 78 3/4 in
    170 x 200 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Tuffs
    Tuffs, 2025
    78 3/4 x 108 1/4 in
    200 x 275 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Wander
    Wander , 2023
    78 3/4 x 66 7/8 in
    200 x 170 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Hype
    Hype, 2026
    108 1/4 x 70 7/8 in
    275 x 180 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Passing light
    Passing light , 2026
    108 1/4 x 70 7/8 in
    275 x 180 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Transition
    Transition, 2026
    48 x 59 7/8 in
    122 x 152 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Beyond this moment
    Beyond this moment , 2026
    108 1/4 x 70 7/8 in
    275 x 180 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Fragments
    Fragments, 2026
    108 1/4 x 59 in
    275 x 150 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Lifestream
    Lifestream, 2026
    63 x 86 5/8 in
    160 x 220 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Soft gradient
    Soft gradient, 2026
    63 x 86 5/8 in
    160 x 220 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Where silence settles
    Where silence settles , 2026
    66 7/8 x 78 3/4 in
    170 x 200 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • High maintenance
    High maintenance, 2023
    66 7/8 x 78 3/4 in
    170 x 200 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Daydream
    Daydream, 2026
    66 7/8 x 78 3/4 in
    170 x 200 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Distance
    Distance , 2026
    66 7/8 x 78 3/4 in
    170 x 200 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Ivory ways
    Ivory ways, 2026
    110 1/4 x 78 3/4 in
    280 x 200 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • The softer we get
    The softer we get, 2026
    178 x 170cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Wild and free
    Wild and free, 2026
    78 3/4 x 66 7/8 in
    200 x 170 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Track of time
    Track of time , 2022
    108 1/4 x 70 7/8 in
    275 x 180 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Chaser
    Chaser, 2021
    66 7/8 x 70 1/8 in
    170 x 178 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • New reality
    New reality , 2021
    63 x 74 3/4 in
    160 x 190 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Delicate reasons
    Delicate reasons , 2020
    59 x 70 7/8 in
    150 x 180 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Muddle middle
    Muddle middle , 2020
    90 1/2 x 70 7/8 in
    230 x 180 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Droplet
    Droplet, 2026
    66 7/8 x 78 3/4 in
    170 x 200 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Everlasting
    Everlasting , 2026
    160 x 130cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Raptures
    Raptures, 2026
    70 7/8 x 70 7/8 in
    180 x 180 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Soft life
    Soft life, 2026
    66 7/8 x 78 3/4 in
    170 x 200 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Wishing with wonders
    Wishing with wonders, 2026
    66 7/8 x 78 3/4 in
    170 x 200 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith