Testimonials
Thank you for sending the beautiful giclee entitled Five Acres. It is a striking, visual record of James Weldon Johnson's connection to New England. It will have a place of honor in Emory University's James Weldon Johnson Collection... Thanks for your generous gift and for keeping alive the memory and achievement of a great American: James Weldon Johnson. Thank You for your thoughtful and generous gift. Your paintings are classic Americana.... You should be pegged as the next Norman Rockwell. The detail and prospective of nature are exquisite. To me you are another Grandma Moses . Your work is colorful, unique and shows me that life is good to you... You are an artist about life. I've been involved with art my entire life with recognized artist. Tom Warner has to be my favorite watercolor artist. His work flows off the paper to my eyes like a natural living thing . I call his work music to my eyes. Absolutely brilliant and lovely works. |
Tom Warner is no longer the Berkshire's best secret! He has fans and many who admire his special style. Now that he's becoming famous, we hope he will not change at all the things that make him such an outstanding artist. He's told me how he met Norman Rockwell, another famous Berkshire resident. Rockwell told the young Warner " If your going to paint a picture, have it tell a story, otherwise don't bother painting", a lesson Warner seemingly never forgot. His work seems to be well influenced by Rockwell and by Vermont's Grandma Moses, but in the end the style is "pure Tom Warner". Many patients and employees at the Community Health Center comment on your lovely prints. They make our waiting room look so serene and professional. I smile every time I walk by them and another person is scanning the intricate details and taking in the scene you have painted. Now here's an artist that has a sense of natural realism. Just love these works. Immediately calls to mind Norman Rockwell, Winslow Homer, and Edward Hopper- with a fully unique and original style. It is hard to believe these vivid paintings are pure watercolor.
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