Interested in the natural world and the landscape of the Taranaki Region , Smith took lessons in painting from John Gully , a landscape artist .
Percy Smith attended school at New Plymouth and later Omata , leaving to help on the family farm in 1854 .
Interested in the natural world and the landscape of the Taranaki Region , Percy Smith took lessons in painting from John Gully , a landscape artist .
Percy Smith attended school at New Plymouth and later Omata , leaving to help on the family farm in 1854 .