Thomas Moberg is a painter and metalsmith creating work that explores the intersection of politics and environment in the American Midwest. He received his BFA in 2D visual art from the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point in 2018, where he focused on figure painting and portraiture. Shortly after graduating, Thomas returned home to care for his terminally ill father, where he began plein air painting along the country roads of Wisconsin as a way to process his experience. Thomas has gone on to exhibit his paintings nationally across America, and has been an artist-in-residence with Rising Sands Organics in Custer, WI; the Heist in Ripon, WI; and Everwood Farmstead, in Glenwood, WI. This is his third consecutive year participating in Paint Grand Traverse!