Tom Kress

November 26, 1943 

Apprenticed to artist D. Omar Seaman (uncle) during youth 

Bachelor of FineArts, California Institute of the Arts (founded by Walt Disney),      

Valencia, California 1971  

Master of Fine Arts, University of California (signed by Governor Ronald 

Reagan), Santa Barbara, California, 1974 

Certificate of Completion, United States Power and Sailing Squadron (signed by 

Carlton B. Petterson, Squadron Commander), Santa Barbara, California, 1976

Mitsui Corporation, Biloila, Queensland, Australia, 1962

General Services Administration, Washington, DC, 1963-64

    Projects included: remodeling of the Natural History Museum; The White House;

    E Street Executive Office Building

John Carl Warneke & Associates, San Francisco, 1965-66

    Projects included: Moffit Library, University of California Berkeley; Stanford

    University dormitories; various coastal resort hotels design

William L. Pereira & Associates, Los Angeles, 1967-69

    Projects included: Transamerica Building, San Francisco; Mission Bay,

    San Diego; Watts redevelopment, Los Angeles; Santa Barbara Municipal Airport;

    Ford MotorCompany office building, San Francisco.

Paul Soderberg Architects, Santa Barbara, California, 1970

Self employed artist (painting, murals, trompe l'oeil), drawing and building design,

    Santa Barbara and Montecito, California, 1970 to present