About Tommy
For the last several decades the advances in polymer science have had a dynamic effect on art material. The advent of current acrylic paint and especially the acrylic mediums have opened many new avenues for individual expression.
I have always been fascinated by the intensity of colors and the representation of light and shadow in my work. Now, the new acrylic mediums have allowed me to introduce another dimension to the paintings – texture and relief surface work.
My Story
Tommy Thompson has been painting since 1965. He has taught numerous classes and workshops in the greater Columbia metropolitan area since 1989.
For the past 10 years, in addition to his watercolor landscapes, he has been concentrating on large, contemporary artwork on board and canvas.
Both his watercolor and acrylic paintings are included in private, corporate and South Carolina State Government collections.
His most recent one-person shows were at the Chapin Town Hall in Chapin, South Carolina in 2020, the Art Center in Aiken, South Carolina in 2017 and "City Art Gallery" in Columbia, South Carolina in 2016.
He earned signature status of the South Carolina Watercolor Society and is an active member of several Columbia area and state art associations. He has been awarded signature status as a Nautilus Fellowship member in the International Society of Experimental Artists.
His work can be viewed at his studio ( in Chapin ) or Palmetto Fine Arts of Chapin, South Carolina.
Date | Category | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
2024 | Awards | People's Choice Award Winner, May 2024 CCAL Irmo Library Exhibit | Irmo, SC |
2024 | Awards | Lake Murray Tire & Automotive Award Winner, 2024 Crooked Creek Art League Annual Juried Show, with "Time Passages #9" | Chapin, SC |
2023 | Awards | 3rd Place Award Winner, 2023 Crooked Creek Art League Annual Member Contest, with "Edisto Sunset" | Chapin, SC |
2023 | Press | Article about Tommy, May 2023 Edition, Chapin Neighbors Magazine | Chapin, SC |
2023 | Awards | Winner of Merit Award-3D Artwork, 2023 Crooked Creek Art League Annual Juried Show, with "Assemblage on Burlap" (aka Assemblage 9) | Chapin, SC |
2022 | Press | Article about Tommy, Sept/Oct 2022 Edition, Columbia Living Magazine | Columbia, SC |
2021 | Press | Named Artist of the Week by Palmetto Fine Arts Gallery | Chapin, SC |
2021 | Awards | Winner of Benedict College Juror Award, 2021 Crooked Creek Art League Annual Juried Show, with "Urban Renewal #6 - Free Parking" | Chapin, SC |
2021 | Awards | Winner of Weathers Contracting Award, 2021 Crooked Creek Art League Annual Juried Show, with "Urban Renewal #6 - Free Parking" | Chapin, SC |
2020 | Speaker | Featured speaker for the Sept 2020 CCAL Monthly Meeting | Chapin, SC |
2019 | Awards | Winner of 3rd Place Award, 2019 CCAL Fall Exhibition at Still Hopes, with "Time Passages #3" | West Columbia, SC |
2019 | Awards | Winner of 2nd Place (Timken Tyger River Plant Award), 2019 Union County Arts Council Annual Show, with "Time Passages #2" | Union, SC |
2019 | Awards | Winner of Rush's Founding Patron Award, 2019 Crooked Creek Art League Annual Juried Show, with "Urban Renewal #4" | Chapin, SC |
2018 | Awards | Winner of 3rd Place Award, 2018 CCAL Fall Exhibition at Still Hopes, with "Window on Green" | West Columbia, SC |
2018 | Press | Article about Tommy, Winter 2019 Edition, Chapin Magazine | Chapin, SC |
2018 | Awards | Best in Show Winner (Family of Mrs. Nancy Wilburn Award), 2018 Union Arts Council Show, with "Rift #3" | Union, SC |
2018 | Awards | Winner of Best in Show Award, 2018 Crooked Creek Art League Annual Juried Show, with "Rift #3" | Chapin, SC |
2018 | Awards | Winner of Patron Award - Professional, 2012 Crooked Creek Art League Annual Juried Show, with "Looking Back - Vietnam 1971" | Chapin, SC |
2017 | Awards | Winner of Merit Award - Professional, 2017 Crooked Creek Art League Annual Juried Show, with "Winter at Clark Station" | Chapin, SC |
2017 | Awards | Winner of 1st Place Professional, 2017 Crooked Creek Art League Annual Juried Show, with "Winter at Clark Station" | Chapin, SC |
2016 | Gallery Show | Featured artist in a Gallery Exhibit at Palmetto Fine Arts | Chapin, SC |
2016 | Gallery Show | Featured artist as part of the "The Five Dimensions" Exhibition at the Aiken Center for the Arts | Aiken, SC |
2015 | Awards | Winner of Professional Merit Award, 2016 Crooked Creek Art League Annual Juried Show, with "Assemblage on White" | Chapin, SC |
2016 | Gallery Show | Art 2007 - 2015, A one man exhibition at City Art Gallery | Columbia, SC |
2015 | Gallery Show | Featured artist in a Gallery Exhibit at Palmetto Fine Arts | Chapin, SC |
2015 | Awards | Winner of Best in Show Award, 2015 Crooked Creek Art League Annual Juried Show, with "Sanctuary" | Chapin, SC |
2015 | Awards | Winner of USC Associate Juror Award, 2015 Crooked Creek Art League Annual Juried Show, with "Assemblage #21" | Chapin, SC |
2014 | Awards | Winner of 3rd Place Professional Award, 2014 Crooked Creek Art League Annual Juried Show, with "Assemblage with White Circle" | Chapin, SC |
2018 | Awards | Juried Into South Carolina Water Media Society 2013 Annual Exhibition | Hilton Head Island, SC |
2009 | Credentials | Ceritifed as International Society of Experimental Artists as Nautilus Fellowship status | National |
2008 | Awards | Winner of 2nd Place Prize, 2008 Union County Arts Council Annual Show | Union, SC |
2007 | Press | Article about Tommy | Columbia, SC |
2006 | Awards | Winner of 1st Place Professional Award, 2006 Crooked Creek Art League Annual Juried Show, with "Rural Composition #4" | Chapin, SC |
2001 | Gallery Show | Featured artist at a pop-up artshow and meet the artist event at Palmetto Fine Arts Gallery. | Chapin, SC |
1997 | Awards | Winner of Napa Valley Award, 1997 Crooked Creek Art League 1997 Annual Juried Show, with "The Lake Murray Towers" | Chapin, SC |
1992 | Credentials | Certified as "Member of Excellence" in the South Carolina Watermedia Society | South Carolina |
