Thomas Merwin

(Tom was featured in the June 2018 issue of Art New England, see website for review more about Tom and videos.)
Born and raised in Brooklyn, Tom has been painting for nearly 50 years, studying first at The Art Students League and later working at the Metropolitan Museum. After retiring from the FDNY he and family moved to Castleton, Vermont. His great love of nature led him to explore and sketch the Catskills, Adirondacks and later, the intimate landscapes of Vermont. He holds a particular fascination for the Poultney River with its secretive swimming holes and deeply carved gorge. He frequently sketches there using Sumi-e techniques with his ink and Japanese brushes on rice paper as well as photographing the area both above and below the water!

Tom studied under Sydney Dickensen, Vaclav Vytlachil, Tom Fogarty and Knox Martin at the Art Students League from 1969 to 1975. He is a member of the Sumi-E Society of America, The Art Students League, N.Y.,The Southern Vermont Art Center, Stone Valley Arts, Compass Music and Art Center, and SEABA - South East Arts and Business Assoc. He is represented in the corporate collection of Dealer.com and in private collections across the U.S.A., Japan and Canada.

Ongoing exhibit of paintings at the following galleries - Compass Music and Art Center, Brandon, Vt., Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, Vt., 77 Gallery, Rutland, Vt. and our own gallery, Merwin Gallery and Studios, Main St., Castleton, Vt.

Exhibitions for the 2019 season - T'J.Wood Gallery, Montpelier, Vt., Stone Valley Arts, Poultney, Vt., 77 Gallery, Rutland, Vt.


2018/2019 seasons to be up dated

2017- SEABA - Union Station, Burlington, Vt.
2017 - Southern Vt. Art Center, Manchester, Vt
2016 - Compass Music and Art Center, Brandon, Vt
2016 - "VCAM" - "Effects of Birdsong", Burlington, Vt.
2014 - "State of Being", Studio Place Arts, Barre, Vt.
2014 - "Slate as Muse", Slate Valley Museum, Granville, N.Y. reviewed in Artscope, 7/24/14
further resume hx through 1971 available upon request