Tom Moss spent his childhood in Louisiana and Texas sketching horses and wildlife. With a major of Animal Husbandry at Louisiana Tech, he rode bulls and bareback broncos. Seriously sculpting since since 1971, his "day job" as Vice President of an oil drilling company began to cut into his creative time. He quit the oil businiess and decided to devote himself full-time to sculpting, painting, and preserving the legacy of the old West and to depict the beauty of nature.