Tom Francesconi, AWS, NWS, TWSA, WW will be our featured artist.
Tom has earned Signature membership in numerous watercolor societies, including the Transparent Watercolor Society of America, of which he has been honored with ‘Master’ status. Tom has served as president of the Transparent Watercolor Society of America. He has received many awards in regional and national exhibitions including the 1st Place Award at the 43rd Watercolor West Exhibition. In 2015, Tom’s painting was selected to travel to Shenzhen, China to be included in the National Watercolor Society’s International Biennial Exchange Exhibition. In 2020, Tom’s painting was chosen for inclusion in the NWS: 100 Years Exhibition and most recently, Tom’s painting was one of forty paintings selected to hang in the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, as a part of the National Watercolor Society’s 2024 Exchange Exhibit.
Tom has been teaching watercolor in Chicago for over 20 years. He also has conducted watercolor workshops throughout the United States, Canada, France, Italy, and Croatia. Tom has paintings held in the collections of Inland Real Estate Corporation, Oak Brook, IL, CNA Insurance Company, Chicago, IL, Morgan Stanley Financial Services Company, Chicago, IL, The Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI, and others along with many private collections throughout the United States. Tom’s work has been featured in numerous books and magazine articles.