Tom was born near Fort Walton, Florida, USA. His career is focused on photography (stills and videos) and on bronze scupture. He studied art at the University of Dallas, Texas and did graduate art studies at the University of Texas at Austin, Texas. Here he studied photography under Garry Winogrand and was empolyed as assistant professor of sculpture. He has won awards for and shown his work in both New York City and Marin County, California. He finds ideas for his work in the natural environment along the coast of northern California and in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. His working process is to find, in the land, unique anthropomorpic forms that can be visually merged or juxtaposed together to make a scene that communicates a new and engaging perspective to the viewer. His work has been influenced by artists such as Walter De Maria, Richard Long, Ana Mendieta and Andy Goldworthy. He has worked in the field of public art since 2000, when he was commissioned by the government of Saudi Arabia to place three large Ocean Bronze sculptures in the Al Faisaliah Tower by Norman Foster Architects in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In 2010 Mr. & Mrs Ambani of India, commissioned an Ocean Bronze for their new residence in Mumbai, India, which was designed by Perkins + Wills Architects. Tom lives in the San Francisco Bay area with his wife Marge.

EXHIBITS AND AWARDS

Art In General, New York, New York 2004

O.K. Harris Gallery, New York, New York 2005

New York Art World Magazine, Review Joel Simpson, 2005

Del Mar Gallery, Del Mar, California, 2008 to 2022

Cambridge Art Show, First Place, New York, 2005

Soho Photo Gallery, First Place, New York, New York, 2005

National Scupture Society, First Place, New York, New York

Princeton Architectural Press, “Transmaterial”, Brownell, 2005

B.J.Spoke Gallery, New York, New York, 2006

Katherine Chapin Fine Art, New York, New York, 2006

Alassandro Berni gallery, New York, New York, 2021-2024