A critique of my work by parissian artist, writer and critic, Matthew Rose. Click here.

Painting portraits

If you would like your portrait painted, in Paris, please contact Tom J. Byrne for an appointment.
I work from the person, not a photograph. All the models have really enjoyed the sittings which are very relaxed and friendly.

For details & to make your appointment call, +33 6 85218010

Current & Upcoming Exhibitions

I'm taking a rest from exhibiting right now in order to paint.

If you would like to come and visit, the address is 29 rue des deux pont, ile Saint Louis, 75004 Paris.
The most convenient metro is either Saint Paul or Pont Marie. My phone number is 0033 1 73742160.

The American Leo Castelli, the frenchman Daniel Kahnweiler or the Swiss Ernst Beyeler have established powerful systems to unearth paintings in collections, to promote them and sell them. So they are interested mostly in old art for profit but perhaps they are interested in using the profit to reinvest in new art.

The collector G.David Thompson had a 90 paintings of Giacometti.

In 2007, in Shankhai, Pierre Huber, a collector from Geneva, who owns the gallery Art & Publicspends the majority of his time searching for new talents. It's necessary to realise that the majority of dealers are also collectors. Lorenzo Rudolf knows all the ins and outs of the art fairs. They both seek to find the artists that collectors have suddenly begun to collect. The two men, Rudolf and Huber work together with an Italian called Luca di Montezemolo who is president of Fiat and Ferrari.He is also patron ofthe art fair in Bologna, SPA.

During the months of 2007, Huber plowed through Asia with the assistance of the famous asian artist Zhou Tie-hai, looking for fresh talent.

In Shanghai there is a region known as Moganshan, which is the place to find art galleries. So art addicts trawl through the market day after day. ShanghArt is an art gallery owned by Lorenz Helbling, who is also Swiss and this is based in Moganshan also.