I've always been the kind who wanted to see what was around the next bend and over the next hill. Now I want to capture on canvas what I find on my journeys . Because I grew up visiting a rustic old barn every morning and every afternoon to milk cows, I have good memories of the sights, sounds, and smells of that special place. Today I am driven to paint with passion depicting one of God's most beautiful creatures--the horse. I ride the roads less traveled looking for the play of light and shadows on quaint old barns and beautiful horses. I hope that my paintings of these "creatures great and small" and my tranquil pastoral scenes add serenity to the lives of my viewers.

I sincerely hope that you will enjoy visiting my web site to view some of the oil paintings that I have produced recently.  You will undoubtedly notice my recent attention to one of my favorite subjects--horses.  I grew up riding a horse named "Liz," on my family's farm, and this love of horses shows through in many of my oil paintings today.  Traveling through the countryside with my wife Marie, my van often screeches to a halt at the sight of beautiful horses.  Out from the van come my paints, easel, and digital camera as I set about capturing the pastoral scene on canvas.  All of my paintings today are done using a limited palette of cadmium red light, cadmium yellow light, ultramarine blue, transparent oxide red, alizarin crimson, and titanium white.  Using a palette knife and brushes, I paint wet-into-wet.  My artwork is primarily influenced by instruction from master painters such as Kevin Macpherson and Richard Schmid.  Be sure to check out these pages on my web site, "Horses of the Tetons," "Morning at Foggy Bottom," "Grazing at Dawn," "Sunday at Grandpa's," "Cold Ride," "Grazing with a View" and "In Training."  There are many more paintings to entice your attention.  Stay a while and enjoy the view!

The Heirloom Shop, 404 Main Street, Franklin, TN, invites everyone to meet the artist, Tommy Thompson, at a reception at their shop from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 20, 2008. 

I invite everyone to visit my solo art exhibition and sale at the Mountain Valley Arts Council's Gallery  in Guntersville, AL, during June 2-30, 2008.  A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Arts Council.  Admission and parking are free.  The hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and other times by appointment.  The Council will be announcing a reception later. The address is 300 Gunter Avenue, Guntersville, AL.  Telephone:  205-582-1454.  

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