3243 West Lawrence Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60625 • 773·478·6055
Thomas Kirk Melvin
Thomas Kirk Melvin was born in New York City in 1952 and lived in Tokyo, Japan, from 1961 to 1964. He received a BA degree in Sculpture and Performance Art from Bennington College in Vermont in 1975. Except for a short stint as a "gandy dancer" for the Rocky Mountain East Division of the Burlington Northern Railroad, he employed himself as a sign painter and muralist before settling with his wife Nancy in Chicago. There, he found work painting theatrical scenery and executing the giant architectural illusions of his former graphic arts teacher, Richard Haas. Soon thereafter, the Thomas Melvin Painting Studio was established. The 3,000 square foot studio is a short walk from the bungalow his family calls home.
Many many artists throughout the many years have assisted in the completion of the studio's work. I wish to thank them all.
Of special note and long-term friendship:
Cameron Pfiffner
Cameron Pfiffner's interest in art was inspred by his father, E. John Pfiffner, jazz pianist and staff artist at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. In 1979-80 he traveled to Italy to study life drawing and painting at the Academia de Belle Arti in Rome. He later graduated from Loyola University with a bachelor's degree in theatre. In 1997-98 he worked as a scientific illustrator for Philip Hershkovitz, Curator Emeritus of Mammals at the Field Museum of Natural History. He also sculpted figurative reliefs for Weiden-Miller Co., a commercial die manufacturer.
Gary Borremans
Gary Borremans was born in Wausau, Wisconsin, in 1954. He graduated with a BFA from the Memphis Academy of Fine Arts in 1977. He has shown his work in New Orleans, Chicago, and Berlin, and resides and works in Chicago
Craig Thomas
Craig Thomas, a resident of Cape Girardeau, was the recipient of the Otto F. Dingeldein award in 2004. He has worked on public commercial and residential murals, as well as having group and individual exhibitions in the Midwest and Europe. He has been a featured artist and competing artist at street competitions. He is also a member of the River Heritage Mural Association.
Greg Weber
Marian Voinea
Dennis Haugh
Mason Nye