Tom Henderson
I became interested in art at a young age, since my father was a professional cartoonist. In my early 20’s, I went to study art in Mexico at Instituto Allende, but soon became sidetracked with a music career. It wasn’t until I was in my 30’s that I decided to give art another go. I went to Santa Barbara City College on the G.I. bill and studied with Bob Frame, Ken Back and Ron Robertson. I later saw the work of artists like Charles Movalli, Edward Norton Ward and George Post and took numerous workshops with Movalli and Ward. They were both extremely loose painters and influenced me greatly.
I try to make my paintings more of a reaction to what I see verses a rendering… free to change as needed, shapes, colors etc. My first love is watercolor but I love painting with oil and acrylic paints as well.