Jerry Thompson
Jerry Thompson, a 1964 Bachelor/Architecture graduate at Oklahoma State University, practiced architecture for over forty-two years, including eleven years in the Columbia area. He painted watercolors regularly for sixteen of those years. After retirement in 2006, he continued painting watercolors and sketching around Mid-Missouri and while traveling to beautiful places in the U.S. and abroad. He is a member of the Columbia Art League, the Missouri Watercolor Society, and the Columbia Palette plein air painting group. He has shown his work in exhibits with all three of those organizations. Several enlarged prints of his watercolors can be viewed locally in Boone Hospital Center and in the Ellis Fischel cancer treatment center in University Hospital’s new patient tower. Watercolor prints of University of Missouri’s iconic views have been purchased by individuals, businesses, and by the university for faculty and staff retirement gifts over the past several years.
Painting on Wednesday mornings and exhibiting art with the Columbia Palette painting group has provided a strong influence in Jerry’s painting expression over the past fifteen years. Working closely with the fine artists in the group has built friendships to last for years, as well.
Painting on Wednesday mornings and exhibiting art with the Columbia Palette painting group has provided a strong influence in Jerry’s painting expression over the past fifteen years. Working closely with the fine artists in the group has built friendships to last for years, as well.