Thomas Cleon Britt
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Artist, retired architect |
| Location | Wilmington, NC, United States |
| Introduction | THOMAS CLEON BRITT is a watercolorist who lives and paints in Wilmington, NC. His art is informed by his experiences of living, working, and playing in the Carolinas. His favorite subjects are farms and farming equipment, animals, people, landscapes, and seascapes. Tom is a self-taught painter, so the foundation of his painting is his drawing ability, learned trough a life-long hobby of sketching and drawing in pencil, and through his architectural education and career. His primary influences include the classic adventure book illustrators of the early twentieth century, the landscape paintings of John Pike and Jamie Wyeth, and the art books of Edgar Whitney, Mary Whyte, and many others. Tom also plays the five-string banjo, and occasionally builds musical instruments. |
| Interests | Watercolor painting, pencil drawing, photography, bluegrass music |
| Favorite Music | Earl Scruggs' Foggy Mtn. Banjo album, Bill Monroe's Uncle Pen album, Bela Fleck's Drive album |
| Favorite Books | The Lord of the Rings, The Ancestor's Tale, Einstein's Universe, Fishing With Worms |