A signed and dated (1981) original oil painting by R.A. Smith — a quietly compelling figurative composition of a young girl reaching toward candles at a draped table. The warm, earth-toned palette and careful rendering place it squarely in the American figurative realist tradition. Inherited from a private family collection. Canvas measures 17.5" × 21". Signed and dated lower right ("R.A. Smith '81"). Framed and ready to hang. From a smoke-free, climate-controlled private collection.