Here are links to websites that contain information, products and music that influenced C.D.

Superb natural and historical pigments and other products, including Rublev Colours Watercolors, are produced by Natural Pigments of California.
http://www.naturalpigments.com/category_watercolors.asp

Superlative papers are made by Saint-Armand Mill in Montreal. They will produce custom-made papers to meet the needs of individual artists.
http://www.st-armand.com/English/E02-products.php

The most highly recommended line of cadmium and modern watercolor paints is produced by M. Graham & Co.
http://www.mgraham.com/html

Two recommended retail sources for M. Graham paints and other products are The Italian Art Store www.italianartstore.com and Art Purveyors www.artpurveyors.com

The best source of information about all aspects of color and other teaching materials is School of Color, headed by Michael Wilcox.
http://www.schoolofcolor.com/acatalog/Home.html

Here is a link to the YouTube video which chronicles the work of C.D. Smith.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsO102g1IW0

The video features original music by Frank Lindamood, my best friend for many a hard-scrabble mile, extraordinary musician and good man through and through. You can listen to tracks from his recent album "Hewed From the Rock" at:
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/FrankLindamood