Gregory Thompson

With an artist’s eye, I have always had an appreciation for beautiful things. I have a keen awareness that beauty is in the eye of the beholder so identifying beauty that is acceptable to everyone is an unobtainable feat. Accepting that as a fact allowed me to focus on creating art that is beautiful and pleasing to me. If others like it too, then that is wonderful.

Some of my artistic influences are greats like Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, Wassily Kandinsky, and Larry Poons in the art world, and Ansel Adams, Berenice Abbott, and Ernst Haas in the world of photography. These artists are where I draw my inspiration, however, I take pains to try to never emulate the greats. It is important to me that I create in the moment; through the relationship that I have built with the God of my understanding, who I believe works through me.

My paintings are, mostly, in the abstract style while my photography is, mostly, the beauty of nature, yet sometimes there is still an abstract bent to it.

I never really start out with a preconceived idea of what I want my end product to be or look like. I paint very organically. I select a canvas, select an initial paint color and select a paint brush, then I let the God of my understanding guide me from there. I become just the vessel which is being used to construct, hopefully, a thing of beauty/interest. I try to keep my conscious, self-willed mind from over-ruling that part of my mind that is God-directed. This is difficult but the outcome, in my opinion, is a more natural, beautiful work of art.

Gregory Thompson

http://www.gathompsonmedia.com

(310) 428-9255

gathom13@hotmail.com

I have had an interest in art and photography since a very early age. For reasons unknown to me, I would always find myself doodling. Whenever there was a pencil/pen and paper around, I would doodle. Sometimes the shapes and forms were recognizable, while other times it would look like anything that I had ever seen before. While in college I took a couple of art classes (basic drawing and ceramics). However, upon graduation I entered into the corporate world. 25+ years later I found myself burning out on corporate jobs and decided to spend the rest of my life pursuing my creative side. I purchased canvas and brushes and acrylic paints and had at it. I also purchased a digital SLR camera and became a shutterbug. Friends that I showed my work to thought it was good and encouraged me to show my work. I have since shared my art and photographs in 3 shows:

1-Alkebulan Cultural Center, Pasadena, CA

2-Lark Gallery, "Photographic Language", Hawthorne, CA

3-Alkebulan Cultural Center, Pasadena, CA

I have chosen to, mostly, work in Acrylic paints but do use other mediums from time to time.

I hope to open the eyes of those who have never really looked to art as a outlet of pleasure; both in the creating and the viewing of the art.