As a practicing visual artist for nearly seven decades, Gordon Smith (b. 1919) has consistently explored the mediums of drawing, painting and printmaking in inventive and expressive ways. This sumptuously illustrated publication accompanies the first public exhibition dedicated to Smith's prints. Essays by two of the country's most renowned art historians discuss Smith's practice both chronologically and formally, revealing the ingenuity of his works and the leadership role he has played in the development of this technique. Ian M. Thom is Senior Curator at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Rosemarie Tovell is former Curator of Prints at the National Gallery of Canada. Works by Gordon Smith can be found in numerous collections, including the National Gallery of Canada and the Museum of Modern Art.

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Ian M. Thom is a Senior Curator-Historical at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Involved in Canadian art museums for more than thirty years, he has also held senior curatorial positions at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. He has organized more than one hundred exhibitions and written numerous articles and authored or co-authored many books, including Robert Davidson: Eagle of the Dawn, Andy Warhol: Images, Art BC, E.J. Hughes, Takao Tanabe, B.C. Binning, Emily Carr: New Perspectives on a Canadian Icon and Challenging Traditions: Contemporary First Nations Art of the Northwest Coast. He lives in Vancouver, BC.

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Rosemarie Tovell was curator of the Canadian Prints and Drawings Collection at the National Gallery of Canada for over 30 years. Her major exhibitions include David Milne, William Berczy, Betty Goodwin, the history of Canadian lithography, and the Canadian etching revival. In 1997, her publication A New Class of Art received the prestigious Newman Book Award from the American Historical Print Collector's Society. Since retirement she continues to contribute to books and exhibitions, including the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Art Gallery of Ontario, Carleton University Art Gallery, and the Burnaby Art Gallery.

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