Troy, like most who become infatuated with aviation at an early age, spent countless hours building model airplanes. These became the subjects of his first aviation drawings and paintings done as a child. In college, he maintained this pattern with most of his serious art focusing on aviation and the sky as the central themes. Troy earned his undergraduate degree in art from Berry College in Rome, Georgia, then obtained his Master of Fine Arts from Florida State University.

In the mid 1980s, Troy embarked on a quest which he continues today; to make each of his aviation paintings an accurate portrayal of an instant in time. The first step towards this goal is to do extensive research on his subject matter. The research is quite time consuming, usually resulting in several months of passed time between the original idea and his first contact with the canvas.

Just in the last year has Troy begun to actively enter the aviation art marketplace. Troy is an artist member of the American Society of Aviation Artists. He has had several of his paintings exhibited in National and Local Competitions and Shows.

Troy also has numerous works on display around his hometown of DeLand, Florida. The DeLand Airport, a naval training base during WWII, is home to the DNAS Museum which houses a collection of Troy's art. His painting entitled "Flights of Passage" was featured on the cover of the "Airfleet '95" Program during the city's annual fall celebration honoring the DNAS.

Troy will be having a one-man show featuring his aviation art July 18, 1997 - August 29, 1997, at the DeLand Museum of Art in the Cultural Arts Center. Plans are currently in the works for his painting a mural in the historic downtown area of DeLand as a tribute to the naval air station.

In keeping with his affection for the preservation of aviation history, Troy has decided to donate a percentage of each of his limited-edition prints sold to a museum befitting the subject matter of that particular image. For his first print, "New Year's Bash" depicting a P-51 from the pages of 8th Air Force history, Troy is making a donation to the Mighty 8th Air Force Heritage Museum in Georgia.