The painting, "Meeting of the Waters," was part of an exhibition called "A River" that benefited the Harpeth River Watershed Association, which was conducted by Gallery One in Nashville, TN.  

Tommy Thompson painted "Meeting of the Waters" on the Harpeth River while painting en plein air with his daughter, Michelle Rideout, and his wife Marie. The "Meeting of the Waters" refers to the location of the convergence of the Big Harpeth and West Harpeth Rivers. The name also refers to an attractive antebellum plantation home called "Meeting of the Waters." The home was built in the 1800s by Thomas Harden Perkins, a Revolutionary War officer, Tennessee pioneer, planter, and ironmaster. The house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.