William Thomson Bio

It is very difficult to put William Thomson in a particular category of painters.   His versatility in styles, mediums, influences and creativity are as rare as they are amazing.  This very hard working and prolific painter has touched thousands of viewers in a nearly fort year-long career.  Winning almost every contest he entered for many years, showered with prestigious awards and medals he remains unknown and underestimated.  In Thomson’s paintings you can find influences of some of the greatest painters in visual art history, from  Rembrant, Velazques, VanGogh, Modgilliani to Homer, Whistler, Eakins and Wyeth, to mention a few.  However, Thomson doesn’t concentrate on painting like them or trying to copy what has been done.

 It seems like he plays with their brushes, paints and surfaces making them alive again adding an element of freshness and his own creativity and improvisation.   No matter what the subject is, his appealing paintings draw one’s eye and won’t let go without leaving some emotional impact. 

Those who know him as a person as well as his enormous range of creativity are not afraid to declare him one of the best American painters alive.