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Artist Thom Millsap

Born in Maryland, Thom Millsap earned his Bachelor’s degree from Salisbury State University in Maryland and his Master of Fine Art from the University of North Carolina. He has traveled and studied on several ACIS and AIFS programs throughout much of Europe, Russia, Africa and China.

Spontaneity and action is what Thom strives for whenever his brush touches the canvas. “When I put one mark down on the canvas, it activates the surface and I have to put another mark somewhere else to counter balance that activity. It’s that activity of one mark after another mark until the composition becomes a whole.” It is a peak experience to paint and to do it right.

Thom’s works include landscapes, seascapes, porch scenes and still life interiors. His Paintings are in public collections of the Meridian Museum of Art, Mississippi, Weatherspoon Art Museum, North Carolina, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, Grand Valley State University, Michigan and also in homes of private collectors from California to Maine to Texas as well as Spain, Canada, Puerto Rico, France and Mexico.

Among his accomplishment are several public lectures, murals and numerous magazine articles. Thom has earned a living as an artist for the past twenty years and in that time has done a multitude of One-Person Exhibitions, from Florida to Michigan to Delaware to North Carolina.

The diversity of Thom’s travels and education can be witnessed in any given painting. “The flowers on a table may be from a hotel in Spain, the vase from a shop in London, the rocking chairs from a house in Cape Cod and the landscape appearing through a window might have been inspired by the Florida Keys.”

“The purpose of my day is to work with the highest intention to create the purest beauty for all. Through the radiance of color and the strength of the line, I reveal the beauty and truth of my own personal reality.