Tom Huston

“Like it or not, we are all in the same boat …the change coming to coastal cities globally is unprecedented in human history. Inundation is going to change our estuaries, highways, railroads, agricultural landscapes and the myriad of species that depend on them for life. It will affect us all.”. - Tom Huston, 2005

Tom’s ‘artists conceptions’ of sea level rise in cities across the globe serve as a visual cry for help and a call to all of us for policy and behavioral shifts towards a new way of being in the world together.

Artist History

Thomas MacColl Huston – July 19, 1945 – June 4, 2009

Painter, poet, visionary, filmmaker, sailor, surfer, world traveler, and loving husband. He passed away unexpectedly yet peacefully aboard his sailboat, reading an art magazine. Tom’s artwork has been exhibited at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, The Book Den, Santa Barbara City Hall, Art Resources, Studio 3East, and Design Resources.

He served his country in the US Navy as an Underwater Demolition Team Diver from 1966-1970.

Attended University of Oregon Architecture School 1963-1966, University of California at San Diego BA 1970-1972 MFA 1972-1975.