[2] Tom Palin's work consists, for the most part, of small scale oil paintings.
These explore the boundaries between abstraction and figuration and combine an interest in the iconography of the everyday and of the romantic with a concern for the material surface of paint and the passing of time.
[3] Tom Palin is included in The Dictionary of Artists in Britain since 1945 (David Buckman, 2006).
He has written about medium specificity, abstract art and the work of Maurice Utrillo.
He held The Feiweles Trust Bursary Award in 2002 which saw the completion of 100 art workshops in the West Yorkshire region and culminated in the exhibition Pride of Place: A Painter's Perspective, at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.