Born of IRISH PARENTS in 1918, Tom W. Quinn was indeed fortunate as he was one of the last generations of students at the Camberwell School of Art to study under such great tutors as Lawrence Gowing, Victor Passmore, William Coldstream, John Minton and Tom Mornington.

With his own talent and such a wealth of teaching experience behind him it is hardly surprising that he has worked all his life as an artist. Both he and his fellow artist and friend, Roy Petley, have certainly come a long way since those days in the early '70s when they used to hang theirpaintings on the railings at Green Park.