Smith, William Alexander (Will)   (1954 - )

Born Brisbane 1954.

Secondary education: Coorparoo State High School, 1967-71.
Tertiary education: Diploma of Art (Fine Art), Seven Hills College of Art.
Graduate Diploma of Teaching, Kelvin Grove CAE.

Botanical scientific illustrator with the Queensland Herbarium for over 30 years (1985 - 2019).

Usually he drew his subjects as graphite sketches (pencil) and then subsequently inked by hand.

His line drawings were published in:
Austrobaileya,
Flora of SE Queensland,
Queensland Fern Book,
Rare and Threatened Plants of Queensland

He retired in 2019.

A memorial seat in his honour is in the Herbarium entrance foyer.

Source: H.Hewson Australia - 300 Years of Botanical Illustration (1999).
ABRS authors survey, mid-1980s.
Display case caption, entrance Queensland Herbarium.
Portrait Photo: supplied for ABRS survey