Tom Gardner

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Biography:

Born in Syracuse, New York in 1932, Tom served in the Navy during the Korean conflict. While in Europe, he spent his available free time visiting museums, studying the masters and deciding to make art his life work. 

Tom graduated from the prestigious art department of R.I.T., Rochester, New York in 1958 at the height of abstract expressionisms popularity and was strongly influenced by this movement. He began his art career as a commercial artist, and over time has received over fifty American Advertising Association awards for his creative designs. His fine art paintings hang in museums, corporate offices, residences, and galleries across the United States, Canada, England, and Ireland. 

Tom’s career as an artist has taken him from New York, to Florida, to California, to Alabama, to North and South Carolina, and in 1997 back to California, where he now resides with his wife Alex.