D.A. Thompson (Formal)

D.A. Thompson (Formal)

D.A. Thompson (Formal) 2009 Oil on Canvas, 24 x 32 in (nfs) This portrait was commissioned by Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP, a law firm in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada. The firm’s founding member was my grandfather, Donald Alexander Thompson. I was honoured to be hired by the firm to paint his portrait. It was not an…

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Sibling Perspectives

Sibling Perspectives

Sibling Perspectives December, 2008 (nfs) This portrait is of a student and her brother. I used a photograph of them taken by a wonderful photographer to get a basis for this image. I like that each of these individual’s personalities are clearly reflected in their focal points – the one looking outward at the world…

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D.A. Thompson (Natural)

D.A. Thompson (Natural)

D.A. Thompson (Natural) 2008 Oil on Canvas (nfs) Well this photo could have been taken much more professionally, but it is depicting a painting I made of my grandfather as he surveyed the ancestral land in Medford, Ontario.

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A Bridge Through the Spectrum

A Bridge Through the Spectrum

A Bridge Through the Spectrum September, 2008 Oil on Canvas, 24 x 32 in An imperfect portrait of two students. I’d like to say that I painted them so that they looked unlike the actual students on purpose, in order to protect their anonymity. In fact, why don’ t I? It was on purpose! totally…

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