He has a broad background in the arts and also taught Marketing Art and Design at Middlesex County College in New Jersey. He is well-known for his broad versatility and abilities with all media. He has won numerous awards and placed second in the prestigious United States Federal Duck Stamp competition. Having over 3,000 individual postage stamp designs for more than a dozen countries, numerous prints, commissioned works and sets of images on a variety of themes, Thomas is an extremely versatile artist with enormous productivity.