Julian Merrow-Smith was born in 1959 in Buckinghamshire, England. From 1978-79 he studied at the North Oxfordshire College of Art. He then went on to study at Wolverhampton Polytechnic and was awarded a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Fine Arts from 1979-82. After losing his job at London’s Lumiére cinema in 1997, Julian moved to the south of France and began painting for a living. Merrow-Smith mainly paints still life along with portraits and landscapes. When Julian first moved to France he decided to set up a website and starting painting postcards. They could be of anything, vegetables, landscapes, fruit from the market and more. His first two sold instantly and in a few months, he selling his paintings most days. Merrow-Smith after being recognised
