Artist: Tom HeflinsTitle: Thurs. May 4, 1972: Just Quiet Raining 5:30Medium: Painting on boardSignature: Signed by artist, lower rightPresentation: Metal frame * Date: 1972Image size: 16" x 20"Condition: ExcellentThe painting comes with a book titled "Quiet Reading" that contains several of his pictures of the paintings he has has done along with a description about them.  There is also a brief biography about Tom in the beginning and on inside, their was a dedication to Robert Chase Sr. and was signed by the artist. * Biography * Tom Heflin was born in the small town of Monticello, Arkansas 50 miles * from the Louisianna line.  He spent much of his childhood alone * exploring a nearby region known as The Seven Devil Swamps.  * Hunting and fishing was an obsession.  The schools at that time * did not have art classes, but that did not deter him from * drawing.  When his family moved north in search for employment he * had the good fortune to find encouragement from his seventh-grade * teacher, Marie Markham. * * * * For the first time in Heflin's life he thought he might be worth * something after all.  Active in three sports, Tom received a * football scholarship from  the Northeast University of Louisiana, * Monroe.  After finding out the University did not have a fine-arts * major, Heflin went North again to the Art Institute of Chicago. * * * * In the spring of 1970 Heflin launched his career as a fine * artist.  It was a risky venture with a wife and five children, but * with tenacity and a little luck Tom has continued to work as a full * time artist for over 35 years.  Heflin’s penchant is to challenge * himself with different mediums and styles. Never being satisfied with * what he calls “recipe” painting, he moves from detailed Realism to * Surrealism to total Abstraction. * **Retrieved from: http://www.askart.com/askart/h/tom_pat_heflin/tom_pat_heflin.aspx * * * *