I've been remiss in posting here. Here's a new #painting, Second Chances. It's on my website, www.annthompsonfineart.com #abstractlandscape #acrylicpainting #ncartist

On my easel this week, Dawn Chorus. I am grateful for all those summer mornings in the mountains waking up to the symphonic sounds of the dawn chorus. It's one of the things I miss most about living there. #Gratitude #BlueSkyArtShow #painting #abstractlandscape #ncartist

On my easel this week. #painting #acrylicpainting #abstractlandscape #rivers #ncartist #semiabstract

Grateful, a recently completed small #abstractlandscape #acrylic #painting on 10 x 10" canvas for today's #BlueSkyArtShow #SummerDaze theme, available here www.annthompsonfineart.com/workszoom/61... #ncartist #abstract #landscapepainting

Recently completed #painting, Go With The Flow, on 18 x 24 " canvas, hanging out on my contemplation shelf. #art #abstractpainting #abstractlandscape #contemporaryabstraction #acrylicpainting

A new #abstractlandscape #painting, As The Crow Flies, available on my website. Hope y'all are staying cool out there!☀️ www.annthompsonfineart.com/workszoom/61... #art #abstract #ncartist #landscape #womanartist

Are Bliss and #Joy the same? I know I feel joy when present for an ocean sunrise. This is Bliss, #Acrylic on 16x20 canvas available through With These Hands Gallery in Edisto Island, SC. More seascape paintings are available at www.annthompsonfineart.com #BlueSkyArtShow #painting #seascape #art

A recently completed #abstractlandscape #painting, a study of sorts, on panel. No title yet. #art #contemporaryabstraction #womenartists #ncartist #blueskyart

I enjoy adding layers to my paintings where bits of the previous layer peek out from #underneath. This is Coastal Fog, and here on the coast the fog does seem to drift right over the landscape. Available here www.annthompsonfineart.com/workszoom/50... #BlueSkyArtShow #painting #abstract #ncartist

Melody, #acrylic on 16" square panel available here www.annthompsonfineart.com/workszoom/57... #art #abstractpainting #contemporaryabstraction #ncartist #womenartists #workingartist #painting

When we lived in the NC mountains I passed by this scene almost daily. I loved seeing the changing #LightAndShadow on this pastoral hillside. All The Days, #acrylic on panel, available here www.annthompsonfineart.com/workszoom/52... #BlueSkyArtShow #art #painting #ncartist #landscape

My current series of intuitive #abstractlandscape #paintings is going well. Here’s a new one, 18” square #acrylic on canvas. No title yet. #art #abstract #ncartist

"We will be making it up. It's what artists do. It's what Turner did in his large, leaky London studio. Artists have always made it up: that's our job."-Gareth Edwards- #art #sketchbook #abstract #mixedmedia #artistquotes #mondaymotivation

I love to add #texture to my paintings to create a richly layered surface with scratching back through and expressive brushstrokes reveals previous layers. This is Windows Left Open for today's #BlueSkyArtShow, available here www.annthompsonfineart.com/workszoom/56... #art #abstractpainting

And another small #abstractlandscape #painting on my contemplation shelf, Secret Garden. #art #abstractpainting #ncartist #womenartists

“A picture is a poem without words.” ~Confucius~ #mondaymotivation #art #sketchbook #mixedmedia #abstract #artquotes

In art, #lines can express a many ideas while leading the eye through the work. Lines can suggest shape, texture, tone, calligraphy. I like to use lines for their mystery. This is Talking To Myself, available here www.annthompsonfineart.com/workszoom/56... #BlueSkyArtShow #abstract #painting #art

New small #abstractlandscape #painting hanging out on my contemplation shelf this Wednesday. Just because. #art #abstract #ncartist #womenartists

That's Why They Call It The Blues #acrylic on 12" square panel, is included in the 2025 Craven Arts ROY G BIV exhibit opening this Friday at the Bank of the Arts in New Bern NC. This year my assigned color was..you guessed it...blue. Stop by if you're in the area! #art #abstractpainting #ncartist

"A studio is a laboratory, not a factory. An exhibit is the result of your experiments, but the process is never-ending." ~Chris Ofili~ #art #sketchbook #artistquote #mondaymotivation #abstractart #abstractlandscape #mixedmedia

#Drawing vs #PaintingOnPaper: I’ve come down on the side of “if it’s on paper, it’s drawing.” It’s always the least pure & most immediate thing I do in the studio. SEGMENT DRAWING #MixedMedia on #paper. 9” x 7.25” #art #contemporyart #abstractart #abstractpainting #contemporarypainting #painting

Here’s another springtime painting of White Clay Creek. I paint this location often, and it’s just downstream from the last painting. Acrylic on panel, 9x12” ​ #painting #art #landscape #acrylic #acrylicpainting #landenberg #whiteclaycreek #pennsylvania

‘Wave Watcher’, 15x22 watercolor. The calming affect of watching waves. #painting #paintings #traditionalpainting #fineart #watercolorpainting #watercolor #watercolour #beachscene #washingtonstatecoast

Something #green for today's #BlueSkyArtShow. This is Dappled, #acrylic on 16" square cradled panel, available here www.annthompsonfineart.com/workszoom/56... Happy Saturday everyone! #painting #abstract #inspiredbynature #contemporaryabstraction #ncartist

Three wee seascapes for you today, available on my website. Seaside I, II, and III, 5x7" acrylic on panel. #art #painting #seascape #ocean #ncartist www.annthompsonfineart.com/viewcollecti...

Flowers on my table. #flowers #lilies #stilllife #weekendvibes

One of my favorite places on #earth, Thunder Hill on the Blue Ridge Parkway in NC. I’ve painted this scene several times but this is the largest at 30x40” #acrylic on canvas. #BlueSkyArtShow #art #landscape #ncartist

Brand new seascape on my easel. Can't seem to stop painting the ocean, endless inspiration there. Inspired by watching the surf in the morning hours, 30 x 40" canvas. 🌊 #art #acrylicpainting #abstractseascape #seascapepainting

"But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams." ~W.B. Yeats #art #drawing #mixedmedia #sketchbook #mondaymotivation #watercolor #sketch #ncartist #womenartists

Posting this one again as it perfectly fits today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Dream. This is Daydream, #acrylic on 24x30" canvas, available from my website here www.annthompsonfineart.com/workszoom/59... #art #painting #abstract #contemporaryabstraction #ncartist #womenartists #inspiredbynature

Now in my Etsy shop, Another Spring I, II, III, IV, acrylic on 10x10" panels. Stop by if you're in the neighborhood👩‍🎨 www.etsy.com/shop/BlueBir... #art #painting #abstract #abstractlandscape #ncartist #womenartists

This morning’s sketch. I may use it for a painting reference. #art #watercolor #painting #sketchbook #abstractlandscape

I've been a busy bee reviving my long dormant Etsy shop. Starting with my Field Notes series at reduced 2019 prices. I'll be adding more paintings as I get photos. Please stop by if you're in the neighborhood🙂 www.etsy.com/shop/BlueBir... #art #painting #abstractart #ncartist

Finding Quiet, acrylic on 24" square canvas, for today's #BlueSkyArtShow #Peaceful, available here www.annthompsonfineart.com/workszoom/52... #art #painting #abstractart #acrylicpainting #ncartist #contemporaryabstractpainting

Spending a few days getting some vitamin sea and recording the changing colors of sea and sky. #art #watercolor #sketchbook #painting #seascape #ncartist

“Wisteria” 40x40 inch @artandlightgallery.bsky.social #abstractedlandscape

Last fall, for the first time, one of my paintings was in an exhibition held at my local arts center. They had to be 8 inches square. I did a series of 30 and picked 3 I liked. 1 was accepted and sold the first night! So let's start with that. By the river, 8x8 watercolor on Baohong 300gsm rough.

Snake in the grass. I love the way little streams snake through pastures. Would they be called a rill? They’re like cracks in the landscape. Here I’ve reduced it to as few shapes as I could while still suggesting what it is. Acrylic on panel, about 8x12” #landscape #painting #acrylic #pleinair

Ode to the A470 #painting #art #travel

Something we can all use about now, that's steady and calm, Dawn's Quiet, 14 x 18" acrylic on panel is available here www.annthompsonfineart.com/workszoom/55... #art #painting #seascape #acrylicpainting #sunrise

"The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction." ~Rachel Carson~ #art #watercolor #sketch #painting #ncartist #artquotes #mondaymotivation

Living where rivers meet there are an abundance of bridges arching over the waterways. This painting, Connections, is an abstract response to the geometry of those bridges, available here www.annthompsonfineart.com/workszoom/50... #BlueSkyArtShow #Arch #abstractart #acrylicpainting #ncartist

Field Notes No. 29, acrylic on 12" square panel, is completed and once I get it photographed it will be added to the Field Notes collection on my website. www.annthompsonfineart.com/viewcollecti... #art #painting #abstractart #acrylicpainting #ncartist #artcollectors #buyoriginalart

"The function of the artist is to provide what life does not." ~Tom Robbins~ #art #painting #watercolor #sketchbook #mondaymotivation #ncartist #artistquotes

#TheJourney is always better when you travel Off The Beaten Path. This 20" square acrylic on canvas is available here www.annthompsonfineart.com/workszoom/57... #BlueSkyArtShow #art #painting #abstractart #abstractlandscape #acrylicpainting #ncartist

Happy Spring Equinox! A while back I made a series of floral paintings, this is one of them. You can find the entire collection here www.annthompsonfineart.com/viewcollecti... #art #painting #stilllife #flowers #ncartist #acrylicpainting

Wednesday studio visit. Reworked this one a bit. Now it's finished. Maybe. Hope you're doing alright this week. Love from here. #art #painting #abstractart #acrylicpainting #inthestudio #onmyeasel

It had To Be You, acrylic on 24" square canvas, available here www.annthompsonfineart.com/workszoom/57... #art #painting #abstractart #acrylicpainting #modernart #contemporaryabstraction #artcollectors #originalart

"I'm grateful for everything that's green." ~Audrey Hepburn~ Happy St.Patrick's Day!🍀 #sketchbook #watercolor #mondaymotivation #art #painting #artquotes

Take a minute to relax. Breathe. Yellow Noise, acrylic on 14 x 18" panel, available here www.annthompsonfineart.com/workszoom/55... Happy Saturday everyone! Love from here. #BlueSkyArtShow #Sunlight #art #painting #semiabstract #acrylic #seascape #originalart #artcollectors