After a decade in the specialty automotive industry, Thomas Neel undertook a major life-change and became a fine art painter. Live An Artful Life spans Neel’s 30-plus years of experience as an accomplished artist with over 40 one-man shows to his credit. Having been a gallery owner, involved in fine art publishing, an educator and writer he has also written a monthly newspaper column called “The Artist’s Perspective” for 10 years. Along with his wife, Linda, Neel founded Live An Artful Life® Inc in 2008. He has written two other limited-edition books and produced two short films. He was also the creator of the 30th and 40th Anniversary paintings for the award-winning The Inn at Little Washington located in Washington, VA. He and Linda currently reside in Denver, NC.