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Elwood H. Smith studied art at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and the Institute of Design at IIT in Chicago. After spending eight years learning typography and design as an art director for a small publishing company and several advertising agencies, Elwood began his career as a full-time illustrator.

In 1976, Elwood moved to New York City, establishing himself as one of the most highly recognizable and well respected professionals in the field of illustration. His illustrations have appeared regularly in Time, Newsweek, Forbes, New York Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated The New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, to name but a small sampling of Elwood’s editorial clients. He has worked with many major advertising agencies world wide.

Elwood has written children’s books and two musicals for children with his late wife, creative partner & representative, Maggie Pickard. He has illustrated numerous children’s books for Viking, Puffin (Penguin), Klutz Press, McElderry Books and The Creative Company, for whom he has done two books (stories and art), I'm Not a Pig in Underpants and How To Draw With Your Funny Bone. He has been the recipient of many awards and honors in the field of illustration, including a one-man show in 2011 at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA.

Elwood recently moved to Great Barrington, MA.

Elwood H. Smith studied art at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and the Institute of Design at IIT in Chicago. After spending eight years learning typography and design as an art director for a small publishing company and several advertising agencies, Elwood began his career as a full-time illustrator. In 1976, Elwood moved to New York City, establishing himself as one of the most highly recog... More