PAUL SMITH BORN: Northampton 1961 EDUCATION: 1983 Leicester Polytechnic BA Fine Art Sculpture 1985 Postgraduate Diploma in Art Therapy (St.Albans) 'This is magical art, pure, humorous and strong' Sister Wendy Beckett Art Critic Paul Smith is a full-time gallery artist, living and working on the edge of the Peak District National Park. His figurative sculptures re-interpret fairytales and fables for a contemporary grown-up audience. His version of Red Riding Hood and the Wolf, for instance, has a modern twist; she is presented not as an innocent victim, but as a confident femme fatale. The style is bold and semi-abstract with graceful sweeping curves and simplified details, with a dream-like and contemplative quality to the sculpture.

A Little Bird Told Me, hand carved clay, 40 x 25cm, £750 Bearhug, hand carved clay, 33 x 19cm, £600 Dream Girl, hand carved clay, 17 x 25cm, £375 Tender Trap, hand carved clay, 25 x 10cm, £250 Seated Polar Bear, hand carved clay, 20 x 18cm, £250 Love in a Cold Climate, hand carved clay, 21 x 22cm, £295, SOLD Cross your Heart, hand carved clay, 20 x 16cm, £295 Lovers, hand carved clay, 21 x 21cm, £450 Fox, hand carved clay, 11 x 16cm, £150 Wonderhorse, hand carved clay, 39 x 23cm, £600 Punch, bronze resin, 42 x 33cm, edition of 24, £750   Queen for a Day, original watercolour and ink, 30 x 20cm plus frame, £350 Bearhugs, iron & polychrome resin, 42 x 23cm, edition of 24, £850 Watching the Northern Lights, marble & slate resin, 48 x 21cm, edition of 24, £850 Girl Looking up at Bear, original watercolour and ink, 37 x 25cm plus frame, £425 Up in the Air, original watercolour and ink, 50 x 39cm plus frame, £850 Beauty with Beast, iron & marble resin, 27 x 16cm, edition of 24, £575 Bearing Up, iron & marble resin, 56 x 16cm, edition of 12, £725 Leopard and Horse, original watercolour and ink, 30 x 28cm plus frame, £425