Dedicated and inspired by Craig Marshall Smith's friend, the late Rodger Lang. Colorado Abstract Expressionist painter, Craig Marshall Smith, was born in Flint, Michigan, in 1947. He received an MFA in 1973 from UCLA, where Richard Diebenkorn was his painting professor. Smith’s inspirations have been the paintings of Diebenkorn, Franz Kline, and Jim Dine, as well as draftsmanship and calligraphy. Smith taught drawing at the university level until retiring in 2003 as a Professor Emeritus.