Tom Krakar was born in Midland, Pennsylvania. His formal education in Art was at Youngstown State University where he reached his B.F.A., later he did his graduate work at Kent State University and Youngstown State in Ohio.

Mr. Krakar’s work is in numerous private collections thorough Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Toronto, Canada, Belgrade, Yugoslavia and Zagreb, Croatia.

Mr. Krakar’s paintings have been displayed at the Butler Institute of American Art, in many juried shows including the Annual Area Artist show, the Canfield Fair, Youngstown Playhouse, Union Bank, John Young Art Festival in Youngstown, Maag Library, Cleveland, Mayshow, Three Rivers Art, Pittsburgh, PA and others.

His work has been collected for private and corporate collectors. Some corporate collectors are: Pratt and Lambert for their offices of New York, Chicago and Bridgeburg, Ont; The City Hall of Youngstown, OH; City Bank for its offices of Rochester, PA.; Sherman Williams; Cook Chevrolet, OH.; Bank One for its offices of Youngstown, OH.

William Finn began his studies at The Massachusetts College of Art where he reach his Bachelor of Fine Art, later he reach his Master of Art in Emmanuel College.

As a professional artist, his works consist of oil paintings, etchings, lithographs, and plaster sculpture. His paintings have been on display in many exhibitions around the country and is represented in various collections, both private and public. Institutions of higher learning including Brandies University, Harvard University and the University of Illinois are recipients of his work.