Emily Thompson (B)

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Emily Thompson is a graduate of New York’s School of Visual Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. From there she became an art director for the in-house advertising department of Bloomingdale’s Home Furnishings Division. At the same time she freelanced as an illustrator and graphic designer. After establishing a substantial client base, she left Bloomingdale’s and worked as a freelance editorial illustrator and graphic designer full time out of her own studio in New York up until 1999. To this day she has a successful career doing both working out of her studio in Bucks County, PA.

Emily is also an award winning abstract artist. Her recent works showcase her great sense of design and color. She works in acrylics along with other mediums. “Acrylics dry fast so they’re great for layering. You can do so much with them.” She adds graphite, pastel, oil sticks, dry pigments and powders. The metallic ones being a favorite! “A piece can go through many phases then all of a sudden it’s done. That’s the beauty of working in abstract.” Emily loves working on the heaviest, roughest paper she can find as well as masonite and canvas .

She is influenced by deKooning and other favorites like Richard Diebenkorn and Mark Rothko. She is also excited by her discovery of the wonderfully talented abstract artists of Bucks County. “We are so used to seeing the traditional works of the Bucks County Impressionists, that we overlook the great non-representational art that is out there. There is a great group of artists in the area that influence me so much.”

Her work can be seen at Sabine Rose Gallery and the Freight House in Doylestown, as well as in group shows around the area.

Visit www.ethompsonstudio.com to see more of Emily’s work.

215.766.3892
thompsonstudio@comcast.net