Thomas Akers
Profile
Thomas (Tom) Akers is an award winning Virginia artist from a family with long standing roots in that state that has included some notable painters. He studied art and painting at American University in Washington, DC and has a background as an illustrator and a forensic artist. He is an artist member of The Academy of Fine Arts in Lynchburg, Virginia and has paintings in corporate and private collections in the United States and abroad.
The artist resides with his wife, Jo-Anne in Virginia’s Appalachian range and many of his paintings are of the life, people and places of that region. His style is realistic and demonstrates an influence of the artist’s fondness for the Impressionist and the American Ashcan Schools. His works are usually in acrylics or watercolors.
Groups
Thomas Akers is a member of 1 on 1: The Fine Art of Portraiture , Yellow Gallery, All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, Alternative Christmas Images, Childhood, Current Issues, Fabulous Flowers, Falling Leaves, Green!, Painters In Modern Times, Rain Drops , Realist Traditional Art, Rural Around The Globe, Seasonal Greeting Cards, Simply White Artwork Gallery, The Urban Environment, United States, Virginia, Water Media (Paintings by hand only) and Windows and Doors.
Art
Writing
The Watchman
Who sees what the watchman sees / As he walks his own solitary round? / When the leaves have left the trees / And the lights are turned low down? Who feels what the watchman feels / When the long n…
Grand Da
Beyond the distant fence, beyond that field / Are imagined places; I’d hoped to be real. / Not now, but someday I’ll go and find / Lands hinted by God to my doubting mind. As the sailor…
