Artist Bio

Byron L. Smith, b. 1960 in Columbia, Missouri, attended the University of Missouri—Columbia and pursued drawing, painting and printmaking within the Fine Arts department. Smith also Co-owned Mythmaker Gallery (1992-1996), was a member of the Grindstone Printmaking shop in the North Village Art District, and a member with Orr Street Artist Guild where he currently occupies a studio.

Collections includes : State Historical Society Columbia., Museum of Art and Archeology, Walter-Boone Cultural Museum Columbia, Ashby- Hodge Gallery of American Art. At Central Methodist University Fayette, MO. Daniel Boone Regional Library Columbia and numerous private collectors.

Smith works in oil, watercolor, and casein., he’s best known for his landscapes of the Missouri river valley. Byron also studies anatomical drawing, and enjoys working from the human figure when he’s not in the landscape. Smith also likes local history and collects works on paper and prints.