Doug Thoms is a contemporary figurative painter living and working in Tofino, BC on the traditional and unceded territory of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation. He was born in Belleville, Ontario, Canada, in 1965 and in 1989 he received a BAA from the Ontario College of Art and Design. From 1992 until 2010, Doug worked in the animation industry as a designer, storyboard artist and director. In 2010, Doug, perhaps unwisely, transitioned to a full time painting practice.