His education includes a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from Yale University. Tom’s work as an artist has been recognized by numerous grants and awards. These include a Charlotte Street Foundation Award and an M-AAA-NEA Visual Arts Fellowship as well as residencies at The MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, N.H. and The Corporation of Yaddo in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Tom has exhibited his work extensively throughout the United States in both group and solo exhibitions. His paintings are in numerous private and public collections including The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Overland Park, KS, The Evansville Museum of Arts and Science in Evansville, IN, Harvard University in Boston, MA, The Pfizer Corporation, New York, NY, The Federal Reserve Bank, Kansas City, MO, and The Hallmark Fine Arts Collection, Kansas City, MO. He is currently represented by the George Billis Gallery in New York and Los Angeles.