[1] Based in Dallas, Bywaters worked to elevate the quality of Texas art, attracting national attention.
Bywaters enrolled in Southern Methodist University, where he earned a BA in English and Journalism, and another in General Literature.
He sought to overcome his father's concerns over his career choice, writing to him that in the long run, he would earn less as a commercial artist than as a creative one.
Another, Ranch Hand and Pony (1938), was exhibited at the 1938 Venice Biennial Exposition which received a prize from the Dallas Print Society in 1941.
[8] Bywaters was a founding member of Lone Star Printmakers, a group of male Texas artists who created original prints.
He won mural competitions, set up to commission public art for newly constructed or renovated federal and city buildings.
In collaborations with other Dallas artists, Bywaters completed six projects in Texas, including a series of panels in collaboration with Alexandre Hogue at the Old City Hall in Dallas; a series of panels at the Paris Public Library; and one mural each in the post offices of Trinity, Quanah, and Farmersville.
[1] Bywaters served for forty years as a faculty member of Southern Methodist University's Division of Fine Arts.
Unlike many of his contemporary art directors, Bywaters sought to bring people into the museum, foreseeing that increasing attendance was the key to survival and growth.