In April, 2002, Tom relocated his studio to the historic Fenway Studios building, a National Historic Landmark that was the first building in the America designed for use by artists. Built in 1905 in the Arts & Crafts style, it has housed the studios of Edmund Tarbell, William Paxton, and Lila Cabot Perry. "The high ceilings and north-facing windows are a painter's dream," Tom says.

Tom is the recipient of many grants and awards, including a John F. and Anna Lee Stacey Scholarship, the 1997 Richard and Mary Schroeder Award for Portraiture, a 1995 Sagendorph Award, and the 1996 John Singleton Copley Award. His work has been published in The Artists' Magazine, and exhibited in the 66th Grand National Exhibition of the American Artists Professional League in New York City. He also exhibits regularly at the National Exhibitions of Contemporary Realism in Art, and has shown his work in galleries in New York, New England and Tokyo.

A native of Cambridge, Mass., Tom holds a B.A. in art history from Harvard University, and has also studied at the Art Institute of Boston, from which he graduated with honors. From 1989 - 1994, he studied with Michael Aviano, and from 1990 – 1993 served as Mr. Aviano's assistant.

      
Tom Ouellette is a contemporary realist. He uses the classic artistic techniques perfected by masters such as Rembrandt, Caravaggio, and John Singer Sargent to provide a fresh and exciting perspective on contemporary subjects. In Tom's paintings, the subject is frequently technology, and his studies of light bulbs, kitchen appliances, and tableware reveal the beauty and elegance that may be found even in the most mundane objects of the 21st century. "We often don't realize how beautiful functional objects around us are, at least not until they become antiques," says Tom. "My goal is to reveal that beauty in a way that delights and surprises the viewer." He is particularly adept at capturing such difficult surfaces and textures as silver, plastic, and cellophane.

Tom is also a portraitist in the classical style, whose subjects have included figure skating legend Dick Button and Robert E. Travaglini, the first Italian-American president of the Massachusetts Senate. He is also in demand as a teacher, and accepts a limited number of intermediate and advanced students who wish to secure a strong grounding in the fundamentals of representational drawing and painting.