1970 - 1980
Byron movest to Tomales, CA where he converts a chicken coop into his studio and establishes a guest house and gallery space; Continues to travel, spends large amount of time in Hawaii; Meets third wife in 1982, Eve Wieland, who dies of cancer three years later.
1978 - 1979
Byron travels to Scotland, purchasing a flat near his daughter Gale in Inverness, Highlands; Lives in Inverness for over a year, painting a large series of watercolors inspired by the Scottish landscape.
1980 - 1989
Byron continues to paint in oils and watercolors, creating an extensive linocut series of small prints, dense and often veering on abstraction, titled the ‘Kicking the Moon’ series; With a lifelong interest in labor and tools, Byron is credited by Guinness Book of Records with having the world’s largest collection of potato mashers.
1989 - 1999
As Byron’s health declined, Byron’s son Jon lived and cared for him in Tomales for the remainder of Byron’s life; Byron continued to produce many paintings during this time.
