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Tommy Thompson Fine Art
by Tommy Thompson on 8/31/2010 2:40:45 PM
Tommy Thompson painted "Jacobson Farm Smokehouse" with the Chestnut Group (www.chestnutgroup.org). This painting will be included in the "Blue Moon 2010, the annual fundraiser for Land Trust of Tennessee (landtrusttn.org). This exhibition and sale will be conducted at the Glen Leven Historic Home on Franklin Road in Nashville on October 9, 2010.
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by Tommy Thompson on 8/31/2010 2:39:24 PM
Tommy Thompson painted "Barn at Glen Leven" with the Chestnut Group (www.chestnutgroup.org). This painting will be included in the "Blue Moon 2010, the annual fundraiser for Land Trust of Tennessee (landtrusttn.org). This exhibition and sale will be conducted at the Glen Leven Historic Home on Franklin Road in Nashville on October 9, 2010.
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by Tommy Thompson on 8/31/2010 2:38:25 PM
Tommy Thompson painted "Barn at Bell's Bend" with the Chestnut Group (www.chestnutgroup.org). This painting will be included in the "Blue Moon 2010, the annual fundraiser for Land Trust of Tennessee (landtrusttn.org). This exhibition and sale will be conducted at the Glen Leven Historic Home on Franklin Road in Nashville on October 9, 2010.
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by Tommy Thompson on 8/15/2010 11:14:35 AM
Tommy Thompson and his two daughters have produced composite pencil drawings of more than 350 towns across 12 states. These prints can also be viewed at http://www.villageprints.com
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by Marie Thompson on 7/27/2010 7:45:06 PM
"Consider the lilies of the field how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin; and yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." The Bible
Tommy Thompson painted the representational, impressionistic oil painting, "Keeper of the Lilies," portraying a daylily farmer, who lovingly cares for his lilies. Thompson was drawn to paint him because of the farmer's dedication to hard work, as evidenced by weed-free paths through lilies, and his willingness to share their beauty with thousands of visitors.
Flower lovers flock to countries like the Netherlands to see fields of tulips but also thousands of visitors have journeyed to Florence, AL, to see the thousands of day lilies on Roger Daniel's "Rabbit Patch Daylily Farm" over the past 16 years. Daniel cares for about 2 acres of day lilies of every color in the rainbow--yellow, orange, red, pink, purple, and melon. "Each daylily has its own unique 'face' just like people," says Daniel. His daylily fields contain more than 4,000 faces, that is, 4,000 varieties are represented on his farm.
by Tommy Thompson on 7/11/2010 4:12:53 PM
Tommy Thompson created the oil painting, "Feeding the Ducks" after visiting the historic area, Bell's Bend, near Nashville, TN. The artist was captivated by the rolling hills and fields in Bell's Bend.
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by Tommy Thompson on 7/6/2010 3:43:16 PM
Tommy Thompson enjoys painting at Deibert Park in his hometown, Florence, AL. This little pond is one of Thompson's favorite scenes to paint in the park. To learn more about this special place, check out the web site at: http://www.florenceal.org/City_Departments/Parks_Recreation/Parks/Deibert_Park/index.html
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by Tommy Thompson on 7/6/2010 7:40:15 AM
Tommy Thompson painted this plein air piece at Point Mallard Park near the Tennessee River in Decatur, AL. That day he enjoyed painting with beginning plein air painter, Toby Mullins.
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by Tommy Thompson on 6/18/2010 5:14:49 PM
Tommy Thompson painted "Hayfield Shed" while visiting a farm at Elgin's Crossroads near Florence, AL. The artist enjoys painting en plein air with his wife Marie. The couple is especially attracted to pastoral scenes.
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by on 6/17/2010 11:51:43 AM
"Swinging over the Harpeth," 24 x 36 inch oil on canvas, by Tommy Thompson
"Local Mystery Surrounding Masterful Painting Solved"
by Nancy Stephens, tennessean.com, June 17, 2010
A casual outing with friends recently turned into a real masterpiece for some Fairview area residents.
A few years ago, a group of Fairview friends decided to adventure a little further across Williamson County and enjoy a summer day along the banks of the Harpeth River.
Enjoying a drive along the Harpeth, an artist captured their adventure on film and returned to his studio to create a painting of THE youthful scene.
The artist was Tommy Thompson, who painted "Swinging Over the Harpeth" after observing the youth celebrating the summer months on a rope swing along the Harpeth River off Old Natchez Trace Road west of Franklin.
According to Thompson, the scene and setting captured his artistic eye, as the activity is a great summer pastime in the South.
In turn, Thompson’s painting inspired by the yothful adventure captured the eye of Belmont University's Leu Gallery, who selected "Swinging Over the Harpeth" for its special exhibition called "Saving Paradise" running now through August 5.
Thompson thought it was only appropriate to try and locate the youth and inform them of the painting’s success and local exhibition.
Only knowing that the youth were from Fairview, he contacted Fairview’s hometown newspaper, The Fairview Observer, in May and with a little detective work by the local editor the mystery was solved.
Fairiew’s Chad Fewell, Kristin Brison and Chase Conner are the young lady and two young men captured forever in a masterpiece.
In the December 2009 Fine Art Views Competition, "Swinging over the Harpeth" was selected by Nancy Guzik, acclaimed painter and wife of Richard Schmid, internationally famous Master Painter, as one of her favorite paintings. The painting was also ranked in the top 15% in a field of more than 500 paintings.
"Swinging Over the Harpeth" is an oil painting on canvas that has been priced to sell at $2,400.
To learn more about the Belmont Exhibition called "Saving Paradise" and the recognition the painting received in a national art competition conducted by Fine Art Views, you can visithttp://tommythompsonart.com/works/373251/swinging-over-the-harpeth.
Anyone interested in purchasing a less expensive giclée of "Swinging Over the Harpeth," a high quality ink-jet print, can contact the artist Tommy Thompson, of Florence, AL, 256-767-0422 or they can also emailtommy@tommythompsonart.com
To see more of Tommy Thompson’s art, you can visit tommythompson.com.
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