Tom Nicholas, N.A., AWS was born in Middletown, Connecticut in 1934. From 1953 to 1956 he was a scholarship student at the School of Visual Arts, New York City. In 1961 he received an invitational Greenshield Grant for two years independent painting abroad and in the U.S.A.

Tom is an Academician of the National Academy of Design and a Dolphin Fellow of the American Watercolor Society. Included among his more than 250 awards are 42 Medals of Honor. He has had 35 one-artist shows in New York City, Washington, Boston, California, Florida, Maine and Texas. Since 1960, Tom has painted throughout Europe and the United States. Listings include: Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Art, Who's Who in the East, The Old Royal Watercolour Society Annual Volume, 1971, London, England, Strathmore's Who's Who.

Awards :

1957 The Young Artist Prize at Rockport Art Association

1958 Grand Prize Meriden Arts and Crafts Association

1958 New England Outdoor Scene Prize at Silvermine Guild of Artists

1958 First Prize Academic Artists Association

1958 First Prize North Shore Arts Association

1958 First Prize Classic Arts Association

1958 First Prize Black and White Exhibit New York Salmagundi Club

1959 First Prize Rockport Art Association

1960 First Prize Shelbourne Art Exhibition

1960 Second Prize Thumb Box Exhibit at New York Salmagundi Club

1961 Emile Lowe Award at American Watercolor Society

1962 First Prize New York Salmagundi Club

1962 Medal of Honor New York Knickerbocker Artists

1962 Purchase Award at Butler Institute of American Art