ARTIST BIO

TOM IS AN AWARD WINNING ARTIST AND HAS BEEN PAINTING WATERCOLOURS FOR MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS. TOM HAS BEEN A CONTRIBUTING ARTIST TO THE AUSTRALIAN ARTIST MAGAZINE AND ALSO DEMONSTRATED FOR THE VICTORIAN WATERCOLOUR SOCIETY. AMONG TOMS EARLY INFLUENCES ARE AUSTRALIAN MASTERS LIKE HANS HEYSEN,HAROLD HERBERT,JJ HILDER, ARTHUR STREETON AND ALSO AMERICAN LEGEND JOHN SINGER SARGENT.  TOM GETS INSPIRATION FROM PAINTING AROUND HIS HOME TOWN OF SAN REMO AND THE BASS COAST, AND HAS JUST RECENTLY ENJOYED A TRIP THROUGH CENTRAL AUSTRALIA. THIS TRIP INCLUDED SUCH WONDERFUL LOCATIONS SUCH AS - THE FLINDERS RANGES, LAKE EYRE, ULARU, WEST MCDONNELL RANGES AND KAKADU. TOM FEELS HIS WATERCOLOUR JOURNEY IS JUST GETTING STARTED.