Charles R. Thompson - Upstate SC Artist
Welcome to my personal site. Here you can view my creative work, read a blurb or two as I have time to post, and even purchase a few pieces of original art.
From The Blog...
The other side of creativity
So it’s been awhile since I posted anything… well anything other than utter nonsense on Facebook. In artistic terms I’ve been rather stagnant lately. Being creative is something I am extremely grateful for, but there are limits. I’ve encountered that all-too-familiar-to-fellow-artists phenomenon known as complete and total catharsis.
A week or so ago I stayed up [...]
Published: 08-Mar-09
Getting the inside out and keeping the outside out
One of the things I’ve recently come back to is the good ol’ blue board. When I was younger and had limited resources (not that this has changed much) I picked up this from a friend of mine with whom I played music. We were both very goal oriented and always looking for ways to [...]
Published: 31-Jan-09
Cityscope Installation
While waiting for the behemoth install of CS4 to finish up this evening I came across a rather intriguing installation in Germany. It’s really beautiful… to many ideas to come to mind. Stained glass, the color of reflections in kid’s soap bubbles, etc.
I would surely like to see more adoption of pieces like this in [...]
Published: 26-Jan-09
Sorry Anonymous Link Friends
Those of you who (unknown to me) were direct linking to my id=CRT**** art view pages from the old site probably got a surprise when everything stopped working last week. Oops. I made some modifications to the site today to support the old inventory numbers so your links will work and land visitors on the [...]
Published: 25-Jan-09
Work In Progress
It’s been a busy few months. Just popping in to show a few pieces in progress.
Griffin – around 4 foot by 4 foot. I thought this was done (as evidenced by the signature) but am thinking of a bit of tweaking to the top area based on feedback from some of my art friends.
Precipice – [...]
Published: 25-Jan-09
Seventy Four Paintings On Your Desktop
I’ve put together a free Windows-compatible screensaver (sorry Mac friends!) with seventy-four works of art for your viewing pleasure. Simply download it from the MEDIA section of my site.
Published: 24-Jan-09
Photography and Charity Sections Online
I finally managed to get my Flickr updated and linked back into the primary site at www.charlesrthompson.com. Still working on the final display but it will work for now. I’ve also put up a section related to charity as I find myself stating the same thing time and again when asked in emails.
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Published: 24-Jan-09
Calling all collectors…
Calling all collectors of my work. If you own a piece or two of my work and don’t mind… I’m looking to hear from you and possibly get a photo of where it hangs or even better, with you nearby!
Based on feedback from a few collectors of my work I’m working up a section of [...]
Published: 24-Jan-09
The new website is up!
After many moons (equivalent to months I guess) my new site is finally up and running and the response has been well received. A few gremlins exist (mainly in the zoomify closeups) and those will hopefully be corrected soon. As far as art goes, I’ve got some new pieces either complete or nearing completion that [...]
Published: 24-Jan-09