Born in 1978, Tom Hoar is rapidly making a name for himself as a refreshingly talented, up and coming young British artist.  

Equally impressive in both watercolour and oil, Tom has successfully exhibited both in London and the West Country where he grew up in Devon.  Recently his work was selected for the fourth consecutive year at the Royal Society of British Portrait Painters and he participated in the 21st Century Watercolour Exhibition at the Bankside Gallery, London with the Royal Watercolour Society.    

Tom has a BA Honours degree in History and History of Art from Oxford Brookes University and has recently attended life drawing classes at the Royal Academy with the Chelsea Arts Club.  Ultimately though he credits his artistic training to his family background.  Son of an artist and grandson of an architect, Tom has a natural artistic flair and striking ability.  Painting all his life under the encouragement of his father, a professional artist and successful watercolourist, Tom’s work demonstrates a natural talent unconstrained by formal training. 

Tom undertakes watercolour and oil commissions and  is consequently in ever increasing demand to paint commissions from portraits to private houses.