Tom W Freeman at Ozark Airfield Artworks Aviation Naval & military Art

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Here at Ozark Airfield Artworks we offer a large selection art prints. These prints
mainly depict modern and historic aviation along with military, civil and space flight. We
also deal with naval subjects and military armor and infantry works. These prints are
from all the top national and international artists along with some local artists. Many of
our prints are signed by the artist and by famous pilots and veterans. If you are looking
for a specific plane, pilot, artist or subject please contact us.

All images are copyrighted by the individual artist and may not be
reproduced without their consent.

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Tom Freeman was born in Pontiac, Michigan in 1952. He was the third child of James and Doshia Freeman,
(3rd of 5 children). The Freeman's lived in Michigan until Tom was 12 years old when the family moved to
Baltimore, Maryland.

Tom never had any formal art training and has always considered his talent as a God given gift. In fact
school was of very little interest to him. Tom joined the U.S. Marine Corp Reserve in 1970. He later
transferred from the Marine Corps Reserve to the regular Army. His military service extended from 1970 to
1977.

Tom's professional art career started when he left the military. He would visit the U.S. Naval Institute and
would take samples of his work to them. Finally, he asked what it would take to get his artwork on
Proceedings Magazine. A gentleman by the name of Dell Kaiser showed Tom the artwork of Carl Evers.
Tom contacted Carl and to this day considers Mr. Evers the master of watercolors. "Carl was very
supportive, he told me to look closely at the art and that I would figure it out on my own." Finally,
Proceedings used one of Tom's paintings for their cover. This started Tom on the path of success.

Tom started taking 35mm slides of his work and sending them to various book publishers. The first
publisher to contact him and offer him a cover was G.P. Putnam & Sons. Tom has worked with most of the
large publishing houses such as Dell, Jove, Bantam, and Berkley. Tom's work has appeared on many
magazines such as Readers Digest, Popular Mechanics, Boating, Yachting, Business Week, and even the
TV Guide. His work has been placed on porcelain plaques and plates for Franklin Mint and the Hamilton
Group.

Tom's artwork has been exhibited in many galleries Kirsten, Greenwich, Mystic, and the Grand Central
Gallery. He has done work for the National Parks Service and many corporations through out the world.

In 1986 Tom was asked to hang his original paintings in the West Wing of the White House. Currently, there
are 8 original paintings hanging there along with several of his limited edition prints.

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Tom produced a collection
of 42 paintings now on permanent exhibit at the Arizona Memorial in Honolulu, Hawaii. Tom completed 12
paintings, which were on exhibit at the Naval Museum in Washington, DC. commemorating the 60th
anniversary of the attack.

One of Tom's paintings was donated to the State of Israel, it hangs in the Immigration/Clandestine and
Naval Museum in Haifa.

On April 10, 2002 Tom had the honor of giving one of his paintings to the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II in
Vatican City, Rome. The painting is hanging in Pope Pius IX museum in Italy.

The White House Historical Association has commissioned Tom for the past 4 years to produce cover art
for the Association's annual Christmas card.

Tom was awarded the Department of the Navy Superior Public Service Award on April 3, 2003.

On September 3, 2003 Tom presented a painting to President George W. Bush depicting the President's
landing aboard the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln. The painting was presented to him in the Oval Office.

Tom won the 2003 Gold and Platinum Ozzie Award in the category of "Best use of illustration for a single
article," Popular Mechanics Magazine The Hearst Corporation.

Tom also won the SILA award for the 42nd Society of Illustrators Los Angeles annual contest. Winning the
silver award for Editorial Artwork.

Tom has been selected as the first artist in residence to the United States Naval Institute.

All rights reserved by Tom W. Freeman. Copyright 2005.