Tom Rye is a visual artist and designer currently living in Houston, Texas. Originally from Gainesville, Florida, he has been drawing and creating since age five. Shortly after completing his Bachelors degree in visual art from Florida State University, his pursuit of his artistic passion led him to Houston in 1999. Tom has worked as an art instructor, a designer in the apparel industry, a caricaturist at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida and currently he is the owner of his own business, Tom Rye Art.