Acknowledged globally as a master artist of visual story telling, Tom Mielko is best known for his finely honed ability to communicate with the viewer in a personal, intimate way. His passion for living and love for his craft radiate from every brushstroke of his work.

Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, Tom was gifted with a natural talent for art. He drew his first sketches at the age of six and encouraged by his parents, went on to study at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School and the prestigious Art Institute of Boston, where he eventually taught. Even at a young age, Tom had a unique eye for bringing out subtlety as he captured a moment or the poetry in a play of light.

Tom has exhibited at the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., the
Dyansen Gallery, New York, NY, the Arlington Gallery in Santa Barbara, CA as well as several rotating exclusive exhibitions.  Collectors include publisher Malcolm Forbes,
the late President Reagan, actress Jane Seymour, General Electric CEO Jack Welch, and the Santa Barbara Historical Museum.

“Where I live and who I relate to becomes an emotional contact.  Art goes as far and as deep as one’s love; it is an emotional contact.  When beginning a painting, the object triggers an emotion or a past experience of emotions.   A decaying wicker chair on a porch develops into a life of its own; its own reality and inspires a variety of emotions and metaphors.”