In a 2017 exhibit at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, 'Collecting Inspiration', Smith's written appreciation for the art of Alice and Martin Provensen gives us insight into his own philosophy. Smith's artwork is also known for its experimental, textural nature. His illustrations are created in varying media: oil paint, pen and ink, pencil, watercolor, collage and digital.

He has won the British Kate Greenaway Medal ( There Is a Tribe of Kids), the Bratislava Golden Apple ( The Big Pets), two American Caldecott Honors ( The Stinky Cheese Man and Grandpa Green), five New York Times' Best Illustrated Book awards ( Halloween ABC, The Stinky Cheese Man, John, Paul, George & Ben, Grandpa Green and A House That Once Was), and lifetime achievement awards from the Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (2012), and the Society of Illustrators (2014). Smith is most noted for his work on bestselling and award-winning children's books. Smith is married to Molly Leach, who has designed many award-winning books, including nearly all of Smith's. He graduated from Art Center in 1983 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in illustration and moved to New York City, where he freelance illustrated for various publications, including TIME, Mother Jones, Ms., Sports Illustrated, The New York Times, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, The Progressive, The Atlantic, The Boston Globe, Sesame Street Magazine and others. He also illustrated album covers for Oingo Boingo ( Good For Your Soul) and the Dickies ( Stukas Over Disneyland). While still a student, he illustrated for alternative newspapers, L.A. He studied at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, at the encouragement of his high-school art teacher, Dan Baughman, helping to pay for it by working as a janitor at Disneyland. He spent summers in Tulsa and cites experiences traveling there via Route 66 as inspirations for his work, which combines highbrow and lowbrow elements. Smith was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but moved to Corona, California at a young age. He is the Kate Greenaway medalist (2017) known for his eclectic visuals and subject matter, both humorous and earnest, such as the contemplative Grandpa Green, which received a Caldecott Honor in 2012, and the outlandish Stinky Cheese Man, which received a Caldecott Honor in 1992.

Lane Smith (born August 25, 1959) is an American illustrator and writer of children's books.

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