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.

  • Fracture
    Fracture, 2026
    193 x 255cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Lakeside
    Lakeside, 2026
    63 x 86 5/8 in
    160 x 220 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Leverage
    Leverage, 2026
    108 1/4 x 70 7/8 in
    275 x 180 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Gravitation
    Gravitation , 2026
    92 1/2 x 108 1/4 in
    235 x 275 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Brightest lights
    Brightest lights , 2026
    108 1/4 x 70 7/8 in
    275 x 180 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
  • 'Ridicules and delicacies'
    'Ridicules and delicacies' , 2024
    102 3/8 x 59 in
    260 x 150 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Cutters
    Cutters , 2024
    102 3/8 x 59 in
    260 x 150 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
  • Garden of Eden
    Garden of Eden , 2025
    100 3/8 x 76 in
    255 x 193 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Gatherers
    Gatherers, 2025
    48 x 59 7/8 in
    122 x 152 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Invisible me
    Invisible me, 2025
    48 x 59 7/8 in
    122 x 152 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
  • Tracked
    Tracked , 2026
    96 x 59 7/8 in
    244 x 152 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Tuffs
    Tuffs, 2025
    78 3/4 x 108 1/4 in
    200 x 275 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Under the surface
    Under the surface, 2025
    39 3/8 x 47 1/4 in
    100 x 120 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Wander
    Wander , 2023
    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
  • 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
  • Revert
    Revert, 2026
    76 x 100 3/8 in
    193 x 255 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith
  • Transition
    Transition, 2026
    48 x 59 7/8 in
    122 x 152 cm
    Ian Rayer-Smith