A native Montanan, Tom graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1974 with a BFA in painting and illustration. Tom remains a committed western regionalist well known for painting both the historic and contemporary west, especially renditions of the people and culture of the Plains Indians.

Tom participates in many shows across the country and has received many awards for merit over the years. He was elected into the prestigious Northwest Rendezvous Group of Artists in 2000.

Other awards for merit and excellence include the Sun Valley Art Festival, the Western Heritage Show (Billings, MT), the Western States Art Show (Cody, WY) and the National Drawing Show at Rutgers University.

In a career spanning 40 plus years, the paintings of Tom Saubert focus on the representation of the Western Genre, its people and history, with an emphasis on historical accuracy. With a breadth of professional experience from college educator to Disney instructor Tom’s work possesses all the attributes of truth in subject, dress, and location, yet still artistically introspective of the human condition.

He is a dedicated historian, a story teller whose work transports you to a moment in time, a place and people, past and present. Tom has participated in several prestigious invitational shows including the Master of the American West at the Autry National Center, and over the course of his career he has received several awards for merit.

He has been a member of the Rendezvous Group of Artists since 2000. A Montana native, he works from his studio outside Kalispell, MT.