The foxhunter is an expert on the breathtaking beauty of the early morning light. Who of us hasn’t been entranced on an autumn hunting morning as the first rays of sunlight refract through a gazillion dew-crystals on the trees and the natural world morphes from gray to brilliance. I am especially taken by artists who can capture those fleeting moments, allowing us to dwell on the scene—something the sun never does!
Carol Lee Thompson is a full-time professional artist, classically trained in the methods of the Old Masters. She paints a wide range of subject matter, including equine and animal art, landscapes, foxhunting, and western themes. And she loves to play with light.
Her studio training in traditional art forms allows her to work with the materials and techniques of the Old Masters. She prepares her surfaces with lead and glue, grinds her own pigments, and paints with traditional oil paint formulations.
This year her works were jury-selected for the 57th annual exhibition of the Society of Animal Artists, Inc., and will travel to four different museums and institutions across the country by November.
She is also proud that her work was chosen as Finalist in the Art Renewal Center Salon. The ARC is an online museum dedicated to the return to a talent-based realism as expressed by the nineteenth century Masters. This year the ARC annual competition drew 3,750 entries from sixty-nine countries from which fewer than thirty percent were chosen for their 13th Salon.
Carol Lee was chosen in the Animal and Landscape categories, marking her eleventh Finalist piece and one Honorable Mention in the last six Salons. One of her works, a flaming sunset over a busy commercial harbor (not foxhunting) received one of just six Chairman’s Choice Awards.
Carol Lee’s work is featured in galleries throughout the country and is part of many corporate and private collections including the Butler Institute and the Academy Art Museum. Her art hangs in Baltimore’s City Hall, The Fort McHenry National Shrine, the U.S. State Department, the Star Pass Resort in Arizona, and Camden Yards Stadium, home of the Baltimore Orioles.
Her exhibits include: The Society of Animal Artists’ Museum Shows, The C.M. Russell Museum Show, The Western Masters, The Scottsdale Salon at Legacy Gallery, the Gilcrease Museum’s Miniature Shows, The International Salon at Greenhouse Gallery and the John Pence Gallery Shows. She has been awarded First Place in the Oil Painters of America (OPA) On-Line Showcase and a Regional OPA Award of Excellence. She won First Place/Animals in The Artist Magazine Competition as well as Finalist five times. She received awards for Best Sporting Art, the Action Award, and Honorable Mention with The American Academy of Equine Art (AAEA). She also received awards at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Show and at The Salmagundi Club. Carol Lee won the Fredrix Spirit of America Award, Best Painting by a Maryland Artist in Plein Air Easton, and the Award of Excellence in the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society (NOAPS) On-Line Shows. She has received sixteen Award in International Miniature Competitions.
She is a recognized Living Master (ARCLA) with the ARC and a Signature Member of the OPA, AAEA and NOAPS. She is a member of The Society of Animal Artists as well as the Miniature Painters, Sculptures and Gravers Society of Washington, DC. She is published in several books and has been featured in many magazine articles.
A graduate of Towson State University, Carol Lee holds a Masters of Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art and is a graduate of the Schuler School of Fine Arts. She still teaches there part-time, having been affiliated with the School for over thirty years. She also teaches and holds workshops.
Click to view more of Carol Lee’s work at the artist’s website.
Posted April 2, 2018