Jim Smyth

Jim Smyth (b. 1938- present) is an Adjunct Professor of Drawing and Painting at the College of San Mateo, San Mateo, Ca. (1994- present) and Cogswell Polytechnical College, San Jose, Ca. (2001- present) In addition, he teaches Drawing, Painting, Life Drawing and Quick Figure Sketching at the Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, Ca.

Jim was employed by Control Data, European Center for Nuclear Research, (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland working on CD6600 and peripheral equipment. (1968-9).

He was Master Printer and Director at Appletree Press, San Mateo, Ca., for many years (1970-1982)

He was instructor in Drawing and Painting at the Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, Ca., from 1969 to 1994.

Adjunct Professor of Drawing, Foothill College, Los Alto, Ca., taught Anatomical Life Drawing, (1972-1980)

Jim Smyth was a senior technician for Dalmo-Victor, Inc., Belmont, Ca., working on F-111 RHAW systems and the Apollo 17 antenna system (1972).

USAF Instructors School, Biloxi, Miss., (1962)
Academia de Belle Arti di Firenze, Florence, Italy (1965-66)
Ecole des Beaux Arts, Geneva, Switzerland (1966 - 69)
Ecole dex Beaux Arts, Paris, France (Summer, 1967)
College of San Mateo, San Mateo, Ca. (1969-1984)
University of California, Berkeley, Ca. (BA -1972)
San Jose State University, San Jose, Ca. (1975-1980)
New York Academy of Art, New York, NY., (1986-87)
National Academy of Design, New York, NY., (1986-87)
Art Students League of New York, NY., (1986-87)
Center for Living Artists, New York, NY., (1986-87)
Repin Academy of Art, St. Petersburg, Russia (2000)
Numerous workshops with national artists (1990 - present)