WB THOMPSON

After earning his Batchelor of Arts (History) at Trinity University, WB went on to study law and become an attorney, which didn’t last too long. Today he is a highly successful and widely collected fine artists living on St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands with his wife and daughter.

“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 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.

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. My goal is to sustain a life long effort and grow and evolve as a painter.

WB has been featured 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 by, Jury Awarded, or in the Collection 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.

Solo Shows and Gallery Representation Include:

Greensboro Art League Aids Benefit, / Campbell University,

Caribbean Color Competition, St.Thomas / Down Island Traders Gallery, St. Thomas,

Sun Harvest Unveiling, San Antonio, TX / University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX

Quiet Corner Artists 34th Art Exhibit, Willimantic, CT / 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 House Museum

Exclusively represented in Charleston by Charles II Art Gallery