Tom Dean is a completely self-taught artist from Great Falls, Montana. His custom, one-of –a-kind woodcarving sculptures have sold to private owners, corporations and collectors across the United States. Tom has taken his 40 year passion of fly fishing in Montana and has turned that into another passion of his; hand carving native trout, dragon flies, cattails/reeds, frogs, other fish species and more recently, full sized bison skulls out of exotic woods from around the world, including woods from Africa, Australia, Brazil, Central America, Hawaii and elsewhere, setting them into their natural river environments. Tom does not paint the wood nor does he use fillers.

It is an amazing story to tell, about Tom Dean’s woodcarving sculptures and artistic talent; a talent he found later in life. Tom started to carve only in 2007 as a stress reliever from his previous corporate sales positions.

Tom found his gift and his passion in life at the age of 45 and is now reaching new heights with every new piece he completes. His artwork, under the name of Milo Creek Carvings Fine Art, has been exhibited at the esteemed 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 CM Russell Art Auction of Western Art in Great Falls, Montana. He was also juried into the 2009 Western Design Conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. This event is an exclusive juried art show where artisans from across the county are juried into the show. Thousands of artists apply, but only 100 are chosen for this exhibit and sale. He has sold his work to private owners in the exclusive Yellowstone Club in Southwest Montana as well as from collectors across the country. In his first year as a professional full time artist in 2008, Tom was nominated for the Montana Circle of American Masters, an honor that denoted his significant cultural and artistic stature on both a state and national level for traditional art.