Tom grew up in the south west of England and has been drawing for as long as he can remember, however his passion for painting started when he first went to a Devon beach as a young teen to try surfing. “I remember that evening I saw the fierce power of the ocean displaying such beauty, I saw a dark horizon rise up and then a vibrant orange spray streaking into the sky, ethereal fans of glowing mist catching the light of the setting sun were followed by the quiet rumble coming from the dark cascading horizon, then I was amazed to see a distant surfer silhouetted against refracting lights of emerald green drop below sea level into the dark unknown. That was the moment I fell in love with nature as an artist, there is a living and mystical quality to this phenomena and I see ocean swells like the breath of planet Earth, I will always respect it”. When Tom was 18 this raw power nearly took his life, and since then he has been forever humbled by it.