Douglas Thompson paints in acrylic on canvas or on masonite board and in watercolour to depict the textures of north found in the variety of terrain from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic.
      Whether along the north shore of Lake Superior, the west coast of Vancouver Island or the high country far above the tree line in the Rockies, the linear texture and colour found in these areas has always attracted him.
      The other area of interest is the drama of the skies above us. From the regal heights of the cumulus thunderheads to the low lying mists of the early mornings on the east coast, or the rain forests found the world over, Thompson finds his passion in the moods presented to him in nature.
      Thompson has been most influenced by the American painter, Eric Sloane, who was the true pioneer in the paintings of skies and what Sloane earlier coined the term “cloudscapes”.
      “The purpose and role of the artist is to bring awareness to others, so that they stop and consider what possibly would have gone unnoticed,” Thompson insists. “There is only one Creator...the painter only recreates.”

“I cannot imagine a man looking at the sky and denying God”
— Abraham Lincoln