Tom Moody (artist)

Tom Moody (died March 19, 2022) was an American visual artist, critic and blogger based in New York City.

[1] In the mid-1990s, upon moving to New York, he began working with MS Paintbrush during downtime at a day job[2] and continued using this software throughout his life, despite more sophisticated programs such as Photoshop being widely available.

Moody grew up in Texas, then double majored in fine arts (painting) and English Literature at the University of Virginia, and worked as an artist and critic in Dallas for local papers and Artforum before moving to New York.

Art in America said, of his blog, "the site of New York painter Tom Moody shares with viewers images of his own paintings, his studio process, his visual passions and assorted enthusiasms.

He also devoted a lot of space to the work of other artists who shared his interest in the intersection of abstraction and digital art.