Thompson Gallery

SPRING SALE: Four ways to save...

1. 20% Discount Code Use: TLPDYZ on Checkout

2..20% OFF on all Originals. Email your request. PayPal Accepted.

3.I will create a personal Limited Time Promotion of any print on canvas with only a 15.00 markup.

8' X 10' $35
11' X 14' $40
16' X 20' $50
20' X 24' $65
24' X 36' $85
30' X 40' $100
Please Email your request.

4. $ 10. Original ACEO Trading Card Paintings. See the ACEO Gallery.

'Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.' - Confucius
I have developed an appreciation for watercolors and enjoy the challenge, the movement and light.
I continue to learn and grow into other mediums: oil, acrylic and photography.

Originals, prints on paper or canvas and Greeting Cards are available. Framing of your choice is also available.
Prints by others in my gallery are available.

Over 2200 Images of art and photography.
Have fun!

My other art sites:
Red Bubble: http://www.redbubble.com/people/wot53/portfolio

Artflakes: http://www.artflakes.com/en/shop/thompsongallery

ArtFire: http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=Shop&seller_id=71284&op=new&body=1

Blue Canvas: http://www.bluecanvas.com/mycanvas.php

The Untapped Source: http://www.theuntappedsource.com/thompsongallery

ImageKind: http://www.imagekind.com/MemberProfile.aspx?MID=3d4140b9-2ef5-4324-9132-e3c9c53b7f37


Memberships:

I really enjoy Wet Canvas: http://www.wetcanvas.com/ A great artist community for support,sharing and ideas.

Member of Marion Cultural Alliance www.mcaocala.com

Member of the Ocala Plein Air Painters http://www.ocalapleinairpainters.org/index.html

Member of the Ocala Art Group www.OcalaArtGroup.com

Founder of the Central Florida Painters and Photographers Facebook Group

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Being An Artist

Being an artist became an interest for me several years ago. My children gave me an
art set for Christmas. Not having a background in art, it was a struggle at first.
Being reminded by some of my early art teachers that \\\'it is just paper\\\',
I kept moving forward.

I was able to meet artists personally and online and enjoyed their art.
Their encouragement, support and suggestions motivated me.
The world of artists is so large and I continue to receive motivation,
ideas and support by many amazing people.

After beginning my journey in art, I realized this journey was helping me see
reality in a new way. I no longer saw a tree. I saw shapes,colors,shadows,
reflections and the beauty of nature.

People are beautiful. The things that happen to them are NOT so
beautiful. I have very little control over what is NOT so beautiful.
So I remain on a search for beauty either in person, through a camera
lens or with a paint brush in hand.

Maybe someday that search will allow me to walk,to see,to touch
the nature I see and paint.

Until then my simple art and images are a start to seeing and
being thankful for beauty. Being an artist is beauty.

Warren Thompson
Feb.12,2012





My Teachers- (not to be held responsible for art you don't like!)

Basic, Beginning and Intermediate Watercolor:

http://galleryeastocala.com/members.htm Ernie Vicari
Ernestine Vicari
Oakland University
Art teacher over 20 years
Her work is available in Galleries throughout Florida and Michigan
http://masterthepossibilities.com/faculty-facts.php
Beginning Intermediate II fall 2009.
Graduated Intermediate II with Honorable Mention!! fun class

Still Life /Watercolor
Libby Cagle
http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/libby-cagle.html

http://libbysart.com/Welcome%20.html

Watercolor
Kristi Rosende Mediums: Acrylics, Pastels & Watercolor

http://galleryeastocala.com/members.htm
Kristi has a B.A. in Fine Arts from Eckerd College and a M.ED. in Art Education from
the University of Florida. She has taught art from Kindergarten to college levels
for the past 36 years. Her delightful \\\\\\\'Desktop Destinations\\\\\\\' series of miniature
watercolors and landscapes create a moment of vacationin your busy day.
Kristi\\\\\\\'s work is currently on display at All That Art and Gallery East, in Ocala, and
also in various churches, homes and businesses.

My First Oil class:
Tony Carchia
Welcome to 'Painting for Pleasure' with artist / instructor, Tony Carchia teaching the'wet-on-wet' oil painting technique throughout the central Florida area. Tony enjoys sharing both his knowledge and experience with others and likes to refer to himself as a'FUN' artist rather than a fine artist.

http://www.painting-for-pleasure.com/

2 'nd Oil class:
Carolee McReynolds
Certified Ross Instructor CRI/CRFI/CRWI
Florals, Landscapes, Seascapes & Wildlife

http://canvasgarden.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

Mary Throwbridge
Mediums: Oils, Acrylic, Watercolor, Mixed Media
Gallery East Belleview-
My classes so far are Intermediate Watercolors.

Sue Primeau
Abstract Watercolor
http://www.teamingpondinc.com/

Linda Blondheim
Acrylic Landscape Painting
http://lindablondheim.com/home.html -Landscape Mentor Group

Unoffical mentor:
Roger Bansemer
1999 N. Keene Rd. Clearwater, Florida 33755

http://bansemer.com/index.html
Great site and teaching videos.

\\\\\\\'Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.\\\\\\\' -Robert Frost

\\\\\\\'I do not know myself how I paint it. I sit down with a white board before the spot that strikes me.
I look at what is before my eyes, and say to myself, that white board must become something.\\\\\\\' -Vincent van Gogh

In Beauty May I Walk
The Navajo Beauty Way Ceremony

In beauty may I walk
All day long may I walk
Through the returning seasons may I walk
Beautifully I will possess again
Beautifully birds
Beautifully joyful birds
On the trail marked with pollen may I walk
With grasshoppers about my feet may I walk
With dew about my feet may I walk
With beauty may I walk
With beauty before me may I walk
With beauty behind me may I walk
With beauty above me may I walk
With beauty all around me may I walk
In old age, wandering on a trail of beauty, lively, may I walk
In old age, wandering on a trail of beauty, living again, may I walk
It is finished in beauty
It is finished in beauty
Anonymous (Navajo)

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