For Homewood artist Tom Francesconi, the seed that grew and blossomed into his career as a watercolor artist was planted long ago and without his realizing it.
“I was introduced to watercolor by my uncle, who was from California,” Francesconi said. “Every year, he would send my mother, his sister, a Christmas card that he painted. He was kind of a Sunday painter who always mentioned taking weekend art classes. I think that was my…


