Fine Art Transitions [Updated]

NOTE: After a four-year hiatus, I am back with new work for 2026. Scroll down to New Editions.

From 2022: Wanted to turn part of my Florida Room into a studio after stumbling on art I created in 1990, my Reactor piece, while managing the Radiation Department office at Three Mile Island. Having fun merging my photographer’s eye and passion for fractals into the world of abstract expressionist acrylic painting since July. Artist Wayne Chambers threw some art materials my way, and, Voila! Below are some cropped canvas sample selections, in rough chronological order of their creation, beginning with my first painting: Potter’s Field. NOTE: This post updates with new art creations added.

**Steven John Thompson**
*Potter’s Field,* 2022 ~ NFS
acrylic on canvas
16 in x 20 in

Steven John Thompson Jazz Dance For Alto Sax, 2022 acrylic and acrylic gouache on canvas — **Steven John Thompson**
*Jazz Dance For Alto Sax,* 2022 ~ $1200 unframed
acrylic on canvas
16 in x 20 in

**Steven John Thompson**
*South Beach Simulacrum,* 2022 ~ NFS
acrylic and acrylic gouache on canvas
36 in x 48 in

**Steven John Thompson**
*Catskills Getaway*, 2022 ~ $650 unframed
acrylic and acrylic gouache on canvas
16 in x 20 in

**Steven John Thompson**
*Koi* Decoy, 2022 ~ $1150 unframed
acrylic and acrylic gouache on canvas
16 in x 20 in

**Steven John Thompson**
*Fade To Glory,* 2022 ~ $2400 unframed
acrylic and acrylic gouache on canvas
18 in x 24 in

**Steven John Thompson**
*Tribe Sodom,* 2022 ~ $2500 unframed
acrylic and acrylic gouache on canvas
16 in x 20 in

**Steven John Thompson**
*Ancient Tributary,* 2022 ~ $1800 unframed
acrylic on canvas
16 in x 20 in

**Steven John Thompson**
*Poppy Love,* 2022 ~ $1800 unframed
acrylic on canvas
18 in x 24 in

**Steven John Thompson**
*Subterfuge,* 2022 ~ $700 unframed
acrylic on canvas
16 in x 20 in

**Steven John Thompson**
*Ochre Blues,* 2022 ~ $650 unframed
acrylic on canvas
16 in x 20 in

**Steven John Thompson**
*Origami Aviary,* 2022 ~ $1800 unframed
acrylic on canvas
16 in x 20 in

**Steven John Thompson**
*Captiva Kerfuffle,* 2022 ~ $6000 unframed
acrylic on canvas
36 in x 48 in

**Steven John Thompson**
*Zarathustra*, 2022 ~ $2400 unframed
acrylic on canvas
16 in x 20 in

**Steven John Thompson**
*Low Country Georgia,* 2022 ~ $1150 unframed
acrylic and acrylic gouache on canvas
16 in x 20 in

**Steven John Thompson**
*Flamingo Flux at the Crack of Dawn,* 2022, $6200 unframed
acrylic on canvas
36 in x 48 in

NEW EDITIONS (2026)

**Steven John Thompson**
*A Taste of Agave,* 2026 ~ $5000 unframed
acrylic on canvas
16 in x 20 in

**Steven John Thompson**
*The Tempest,* 2026 ~ $15000 unframed
acrylic on canvas
18 in x 24 in

**Steven John Thompson**
*Swarm,* 2026 ~ $7500 unframed
acrylic on canvas
18 in x 24 in

**Steven John Thompson**
*Downwind,* 2026 ~ $25000 unframed
acrylic on canvas
18 in x 24 in

**Steven John Thompson**
*4 Stars,* 2026 ~ $30000 unframed
acrylic on canvas
18 in x 24 in

**Steven John Thompson**
*Data* *Inference,* 2026 ~ $4500 unframed
acrylic on canvas
18 in x 24 in

Sometimes, your greatest inspiration will come through encouragement from people who believe in you; but, you cannot rely on that for your artistic growth, because when their deafening silence comes, and it will, at the end of the day, you must commit your talent and its direction to God and yourself, not to the varied, contrary opinions of others less invested than you. Nonetheless, it’s all still going strong here. Remember to rest, reflect, revise, repeat, and then rest.

As far as any argument or contention that oils are superior to acrylics because that’s what the Masters used, reality is, oils are all that the master painters had available in their day and age. If acrylics were available to them, many would have chosen them. Because of the many similarities between oils and acrylics, great painters in acrylics are likely to be great painters in oils, also.

Despite the paintings’ apparent lack of cohesion to the uneducated eye, these artists cultivated the interplay of skill and unplanned occurrences to determine the painting’s final outcome.
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‘Sold’ a modified print of Potter’s Field on Day One. Here it is, owner-framed.

So, happy with this new direction. Stay tuned for more…

Oh, and here’s a digital copy of Reactor. Original work is believed to be lost.

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