About the Artist

Tom Bailey -- PSA, IAPS-MC --  is a New England artist who describes his style of painting as 'Inadvertently Impressionist." He paints primarily in pastels and oils and is known for his vibrant textures and bold mark-making.

“All my paintings start at places I’ve actually been,” explains Bailey. “Where they take me from there, however -- or where I take them -- is always an unplanned adventure. My goal is to provide a comfortable place, a private escape, for the viewer to enjoy and make their own."  

Tom is a full-time artist with studios in Amesbury, Massachusetts, USA. He is a juried artist member and regularly exhibits with a wide range of regional and national arts organizations. He is a Signature Member the Pastel Society of America, Connecticut Pastel Society and the Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod among others. He has been awarded "Masters Circle" status with the International Association of Pastel Societies. Tom is also a juried Artist member of the Salmagundi Club of New York, the Rockport (MA) Art Association & Museum and the North Shore Art Association in Gloucester, MA. 

He and his family divide their time between a small town north of Boston, Massachusetts and an even smaller town south of Keene, New Hampshire.

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