Looking South on Halsted Chicago is part of the series of urban landscape paintings. I use subdued colors and loose brush strokes, as in most of my paintings, in order to create the mood and feel of an urban setting. Art buyers may see a symbolic reference to prominent 20th century American painters like George Bellows, John Sloan, Isabell Bishop, and Edward Hopper. All of my paintings are done on linen glued to panel which has been treated to prevent warping and last a lifetime.

12 x 16 original Urban Realism oil painting on linen by Darren Thompson.

AWARDS and SHOWS 100 Curators Collection Saatchi Online 2012 Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition 2010 Chicago Artist Coalition Group Show 2008 Society of Illustrators 2001, 2002 Laguna Beach Echoes and Visions 2002 Louisville Art Association 2002 American Visions 2002 Hoosier Salon 2002

ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS Southwest Art Magazine Artist to Watch 2005 Art of the West 2002 Best of American Oil Painters, Volume 2, 2009

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS Harris Bank Hickory Point Bank

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