Born: 2 December 1938, in Dunfermline. Died: 9 June 2016, in Pitlochry, aged 77 Bob Smith simultaneously pursued two very successful careers as painter and teacher/administrator although, given the choice, the young Bob would have preferred to have been a farmer, an ambition born of holiday working, his love of the outdoors and an affinity with animals. Being the son of a Dunfermline police sergeant, and with no farm to inherit, that career option was closed and the determination and physical energy of the rock-climber and schoolboy rugby international was channelled along with his intelligence, sensitivity and creativity in another direction as he entered the Edinburgh College of Art. He...
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