{"title":"Stuart Thompson","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eBrief Biography and Artist Statement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eStuart Thompson, Professor of Art Emeritus, Seton Hill University, divides his time between clay work and oil painting. He has a B.S. from Edinboro University and M.S. and Ph.D. from Penn State University, all in the field of art education. He taught art at the high school and university levels for 37 years. He is also a retired Captain in the U.S. Navy, having spent 21 years with the Naval Reserve. He holds two Vietnam Service Medals and the Republic of Vietnam Unit Citation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eThompson’s work is frequently shown in regional juried and invitational exhibitions. Generally, his painting, while representational, sometimes asks the viewer to reconsider the first impression. An example would be a 72 x 54” oil on canvas titled \u003ci\u003eReality Comes and Goes, \u003c\/i\u003eawarded Best of Show in a Southwestern PA Council for the Arts sponsored exhibition. Here, fully fleshed-out mountainside rocks and trees give way to bare-bones underpainting. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eHis wheel-thrown clay work tends toward the classic form, preferring the quiet statement over the brash, and is influenced by Ming Chinese, Scandinavian, and early U.S. potters such as Charles Binns. The glaze work on occasion will be a bit more adventurous, combining vibrant background color with strong splashes of accent color. Thompson sometimes teams up with his wife, Nora, a very successful artist in her own right, to execute ceramic work: he throws the form, Nora applies whimsical “monster” images in underglaze, he then final glazes and fires the form. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eBoth Stuart and Nora are authors of books, Stuart’s being \u003ci\u003eTo My Daughter: Stuff I’ve Learned While Playing Outside, \u003c\/i\u003ean illustrated look at life lessons learned while hiking, caving, and rock climbing, and Nora’s being \u003ci\u003eTwisted: Tales to Rot Your Brain\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of short stories and images of a mildly disturbing sort.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eHe and Nora often hike and rail-to-trail cycle, locally, on the Appalachian Trail, and in Acadia National Park. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eHe maintains a studio with his wife near Latrobe, PA. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"black-forest-trail-clearing-jar","title":"Black Forest Trail Clearing Lidded Jar","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis wheel-thrown jar has been glazed by hand with a detailed forest scene. 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