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Inspired by women in both their strength and vulnerability, Lucinda Jones creates striking portraits and silhouettes in acrylic on canvas or paper. With her distinctive use of colour and negative space, and her interest in the profound relationship between women and nature, Lucinda explores the duality of softness and strength in modern women — and the result is art at once intimate and beautiful.

SMITHMADE are very excited to host Lucinda’s first solo exhibition, “Mother Nature”, launching with a Private View on Friday 27^th March from 6.30pm.

Artist Ash Holmes has grown into a true creative force, starting with locally commissioned pieces in 2012, her use of colour, movement and light have gained her a following far beyond her Northern Beaches studio, from California to Scandinavia. 

Ash works on unique pieces in collaboration with SMITHMADE, and we've been fortunate to work with her on several exhibitions of new work in the last couple of years and the demand for her pieces is only increasing.

Our creative team – the people who helped make SMITHMADE happen – is our community and work-life family. Our aesthetic is what sets us apart, as we curate unique spaces with a sense of individuality and personal style, so we'd like you to know the team who create inspiring ideas, interiors and images. 

Introducing Nicole Dunbar, Owner/Director, Creative Director and Buyer

Why is SMITHMADE special?
It’s the culmination of our retail lives, all our ideas over the years played out into one space. Within the physical space of the shop, there’s so much available to us. It allows us broad scope to do what we want to do beyond the traditional retail experience. We can integrate a collaborative work space, host events & exhibitions, along with other pop-up retail & hospitality offerings.  We can bring that all to life within the surroud of the beautiful pieces we have curated to sell. Like our other businesses, it’s community based. Rialto Square in Manly was like an extended family gathering, and we’ve just expanded on that.  SMITHMADE is one of the only multi-brand stores operating on the northern beaches allowing different aesthetics and points of view over time just like looking at the editorial pages of a home or design magazine.

As retail continues to evolve (necessity is the mother, right?), we’re starting to see more and more interesting purveyors popping up and the latest addition to Sydney’s northern beaches scene is one such business. Based in Balgowlah, and the brainchild of Nicole and David Dunbar (of Manly’s Mr & Mrs Smith fame), the warehouse space is primarily a retail store but boasts a co-working space complete with photography studio and commercial kitchen for food styling and events too.

“First and foremost, we are a retail furniture and design store providing an editorial room-to-room walk-through experience. SMITHMADE is curated to show the individual aesthetics of local and international designers and to seamlessly integrate products into the idea of a home.  Our aim is to regularly offer different points of view through our own styling and also through external stylists and tastemakers to keep the space interesting and ever-evolving,” says Nicole.