Born in 1949 Tom Brown studied ceramics at Manchester in the early 1970’s. He moved to the Derbyshire Peak District in 1973 and built a workshop and a series of successful wood fired, salt glaze kilns. He taught Art in Buxton for many years and was Head of Art department at Fenton College, Stoke on Trent before he moved to Spain where he now lives. His own work has always been incredibly important and he has exhibited and sold his pieces regularly. For a number of years now the emphasis in his work has shifted from ceramics and is now almost exclusively concerned with drawing and painting. Many years of caving and diving, running dogs, whisky and bagpipes, free flying and travelling in the mountains of Europe, Himalayas and China have created a rich tapestry of windswept and interesting experiences and an attitude which provides the background to his approach to painting.