Peter Smith was a unique artist, whose works are almost always immediately recognizable. He started on his path when he began taking art lessons in lieu of rent from an artist who lived above his father’s store. Later, he studied at the Ontario College of Art, and also worked as a preparator at the Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation in Toronto. He was previously represented by Birch Libralato (now Birch Contemporary, in Toronto), and his works can be found in collections such as Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt and the City of Toronto. Smith was awarded Second Prize in Ernst and Young’s Great Canadian Printmaking Competition, in 2004.