B.A. (History) Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas
J.D. Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC
“My artistic style matches my personality and temperament. I utilize
expressive lines and follow my instincts while pursuing many different subjects.
I have an art for art’s sake temperament and am unconcerned with superficial
originality or titillation. I like to paint with bold colors. I accept color and
form as independent entities to be printed separately, resulting in the
interplay of abstractly applied splashes of color more or less overlapping with
subsequently outlined forms.
My work is the product of process balanced with risk-taking and intuition.
The process involves utilizing mixed media to draw, paint, and overdraw with
pencil, paint, and oil pastel. The process allows for reinvention of the image
until I find it to be satisfactory. When I began painting I called it
“controlled chaos”. I believe my work is part of the current evolution in art
bridging abstraction and expression to a post modern assimilation.
Although my works are ‘lurid’ I am not interested in the current trend in the
Arts to create some sort of superficial or artificial ‘buzz.’ My goal is to
sustain a life long effort and grow and evolve as a painter. It is not a sprint
to fifteen minutes of fame or notoriety (or sensation); rather a marathon with
the end result being a body of work that in undeniable in its persistence and
growth.”
WB’s Works have appeared in the following publications and
media:
San Antonio Express News, San Antonio's NBC-affiliate station, The Cows Come
Home, Art in America magazine, Artistic Endeavors, University Press catalog, San
Antonio In Color, Virgin Voice, Island Trader, Weekend Magazine, San Antonio
Woman Magazine, Nob Hill Gazette (San Francisco, CA), Charleston Home Design
Magazine, Incentive Magazine, Southwest Art Magazine, San Antonio Business
Journal,Rio Magazine.
WB has been commissioned, juried for selection, or in the collections
of:
Trinity University, Majestic Theater, San Antonio, TX, Society of Incentive
Travel Executives, Reebok USA Convention, from The City of San Antonio to the
President of Brazil during a state visit (June, 1996), San Antonio Conservation
Society, Texas NAHRO Convention, Eno River Festival, American Heart Association,
Roy Lester Schneider Hospital on St. Thomas, and Absolute Vodka International
Art Collection in Sweden.
Solo Shows and Gallery Representation
Include:
Charles II Art Gallery, Charleston, SC Greensboro Art League Aids Benefit,
Greensboro, NC
Campbell University, Buies Creek NC Caribbean Color Competition,
St.Thomas
Down Island Traders Gallery, St. Thomas Sun Harvest Unveiling, San Antonio,
TX
Quiet Corner Art Exhibit, Willimantic, CT University of the Incarnate Word,
San Antonio, TX
Tower of the Americas, San Antonio, TX Artistic Endeavors Gallery, San
Antonio, TX
J.R. Fine Arts Gallery, Scottsdale AZ Tyler-White Gallery, Greensboro, NC
Gallery on Greene, Key West, FL Canessa Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Unity Gallery, Charleston, SC Mango Tango Art Gallery, St. Thomas
Whim Museum, St. Croix Design Works, St. Croix
Mango Tango Art Gallery ( Route 38) in St. Thomas gives W. B. Thompson
enormous space to showcase his creativity.
