Oxmarket’s Wilson Gallery will be hosting an exhibition for Brian Toms in July. After 25 years serving as a Gunner and then a Provost Petty Officer, Brian left the RoyaI Navy and worked for different Ad agencies both in the U.K. and Spain. Brian worked as illustrator for some years before taking a job with Gosport Council. 

Brian was originally from Cambridge and brought up in Northampton and his father always said he was born with a brush in his hand!

Brian has been painting most of his life and has portraits and pictures in many places, including Britain, America, Australia, Ireland, and Spain. He moved to Chichester about 15 years ago to be with his partner and had a studio in Runcton for some years, before moving into the old garage renamed The Shack. Brian has just turned 80 and still paints and he still enjoys it!