My name is Tom Joseph Byrne.

 

In addition to painting, I have been involved in the management of art galleries, organised many group exhibitions, published books on artists and have run many life drawing groups. My work has always been within the visual arts.

In 2013, after working with many master painters I returned to the roots of western art and culture, in Florence, Italy. My intention was to study, to refine elements of my art with another master painter, John Michael Angel.

 

I'm Irish but left Ireland in 2003, to work and study in France.

 

• France:
  
  I was fortunate to find good teachers almost immediately. I spent the first years studying trompe l’oeil and faux effects at the Ecole des Peintres en Décor, Paris, which reinforced my technical skills and I learned to plan and execute large scale art works.
  
  I then found a German master painter, Jorge Hermle who taught me the methods of Renaissance master painters. I studied with Jorge for two years. Again, I learned an immense amount.

 

While in Paris I managed two different art galleries on the Ile Saint Louis. This afforded me a very real window into the requirements of galleries. I learned to see from the inside what an artist needs to communicate and provide.

I left Paris, in december 2012 for Italy.

 

• Italy:
  From January 2013 until March 2014, I've been living in and studying the methods of the Renaissance artists in Florence. In the Angel Academy of Art, with John Michael Angel.
  
  Florence has been a great blessing to me. The school was excellent and John Angel is a truly inspiring and generous teacher. In March 2014, I left the academy and have resolved to remain in Italy.
  
  I am currently seeking a gallery.

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