Pat Thompson is an award-winning Indiana artist specializing in acrylic paintings on canvas. Her favorite subjects include buildings, landscapes and still life. A 1998 graduate of North Light Art School Pat entered her first juried show in 1994, was accepted, and has since won numerous Best of Shows and other awards in many area art shows, including Fort Wayne, Chesterton, Valparaiso, Wabash, Plymouth, Rensselaer and Warsaw, Indiana.

Her work was also represented in the past at several galleries including The Museum of Art in South Bend, Indiana.
Most recently she was selected to do a painting of the County Courthouse in Rochester by the Fulton county Bar Association. Then it was presented to the Indiana Bar Association to be hung in Indianapolis with the other 91 county courthouses.

You can see her art and sign up for classes at Brushtracks Studio, 1505 Mitchell Dr. Rochester.

"Excitement flows; the urge and the time to paint merge. Enter my studio, turn on some music or a book on tape, and sit down with this canvas of possibilities in front of me! There are so many steps along the way – selecting a subject that inspires me that particular day and then developing what I want to say in painting it. Whether it’s a commission piece or for my collection, it becomes a process of picturing and planning for the final presentation. From the first brush track, I’m on a journey, sometimes hitting a bump and needing to re-evaluate my direction, other times such amazement over a passage that I know did not come from me alone! When my destination is reached, I take some time to study and enjoy it even as I begin searching for the next one to do!

Most of my work is done from a series of photographs but never limited by them. It’s simply a place to start and see where creativity and imagination can lead me. My favorite art subjects are buildings, landscapes & still life art, have also done portraits of people and animals. Each new painting is a challenge and a learning experience that I love. " - Pat