Tommy Simpson

Simpson received an MFA from Cran­brook Academy of Art in Michi­gan in 1964.

Lives in Washington, Connecticut (2008)

For over 30 years, Tommy Simpson has blazed his own trail in the studio furni­ture field. His highly person­al­ized style, a mixture of sculp­ture, paint­ing, and surface design, is firmly rooted in his extra­or­di­nary skill as a furni­ture maker. Drawing on child­hood memo­ries formed in an idyllic Midwest­ern home and neigh­bor­hood popu­lated with gener­a­tions of doting rela­tives, Simp­son’s work reflects the imag­in­ings and joys of a young boy living care­free in the 1940s and 50s. With a propen­sity for shaking things up and punch­ing energy into estab­lished furni­ture beliefs, Tommy creates his own blend of excite­ment that inspires both estab­lished and up-and-coming makers.

Source; The Furniture Society, https://furnsoc.org/members/award-of-distinction/tommy-simpson