Welch artist Tom Acosta draws inspiration from home. Tom Acosta doesn’t really know what drove him to become a painter. He had always been interested in art and, by the age of 14, he started teaching himself to paint. He was inspired by his childhood home in Welch and local artists Wood Nichols and Pete Ballard. After painting for almost…
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Brandon Dennison, WV Living’s inaugural West Virginian of the Year, sees what West Virginia is really missing. And it’s not just jobs and education.
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