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Ann Thompson
@annthompsonart.bsky.social
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Because honestly, this world. North Carolina artist. https://www.annthompsonfineart.com/
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I've been remiss in posting here. Here's a new #painting, Second Chances. It's on my website, www.annthompsonfineart.com
#abstractlandscape #acrylicpainting #ncartist
A painting depicting the surface of water reflecting sky and foliage with expressive rippling brushstrokes.
August 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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On my easel this week, Dawn Chorus. I am grateful for all those summer mornings in the mountains waking up to the symphonic sounds of the dawn chorus. It's one of the things I miss most about living there. #Gratitude #BlueSkyArtShow #painting #abstractlandscape #ncartist
An expressive semi-abstract landscape painting of a mountain vista in soft early morning light.
August 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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On my easel this week.
#painting #acrylicpainting #abstractlandscape #rivers #ncartist #semiabstract
A painting held on an easel depicting a river in neutral pinks and dark greens flowing into the distance where there is a warm light in the sky with trees and foliage along the bank and light and dark reflections in the water.
July 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Grateful, a recently completed small #abstractlandscape #acrylic #painting on 10 x 10" canvas for today's #BlueSkyArtShow #SummerDaze theme, available here www.annthompsonfineart.com/workszoom/61...
#ncartist #abstract #landscapepainting
A semi-abstract painting on canvas in soft greens and yellow suggesting a beach scene with grasses under a yellow sky with expressive marks that may be birds.
July 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Recently completed #painting, Go With The Flow, on 18 x 24 " canvas, hanging out on my contemplation shelf.
#art #abstractpainting #abstractlandscape #contemporaryabstraction #acrylicpainting
A painting on canvas sitting on a shelf next to a small Buddha figurine. This abstract painting suggests a water's edge with expressive marks in blue and green on a soft green surface with light yellow highlights suggesting filtered light on water.
June 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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I’m Ann, a North Carolina artist. I paint landscape inspired abstracts.
June 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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A new #abstractlandscape #painting, As The Crow Flies, available on my website. Hope y'all are staying cool out there!☀️
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#art #abstract #ncartist #landscape #womanartist
An abstract landscape painting with expressive marks in green and orange in the bottom foreground giving way to a warm yellow ochre sky punctuated witth marks and scratches.
June 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Are Bliss and #Joy the same? I know I feel joy when present for an ocean sunrise. This is Bliss, #Acrylic on 16x20 canvas available through With These Hands Gallery in Edisto Island, SC. More seascape paintings are available at www.annthompsonfineart.com
#BlueSkyArtShow #painting #seascape #art
A painting on canvas of a seascape in the early morning at sunrise with soft yellow and pinks in the sky and reflected on the water and wet sand in the foreground while waves gently wash on shore.
June 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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A recently completed #abstractlandscape #painting, a study of sorts, on panel. No title yet.
#art #contemporaryabstraction #womenartists #ncartist #blueskyart
A small abstract painting sitting on a shelf next to a Buddha figurine. The painting shows expressive calligraphic marks in various greens and peach on a soft blue-gray and cream ground suggesting a landscape or marsh scene.
June 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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I enjoy adding layers to my paintings where bits of the previous layer peek out from #underneath. This is Coastal Fog, and here on the coast the fog does seem to drift right over the landscape. Available here www.annthompsonfineart.com/workszoom/50...
#BlueSkyArtShow #painting #abstract #ncartist
An abstract painting in soft greens and blues with dark calligraphic marks suggesting trees in a cloudy, foggy landscape.
May 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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When we lived in the NC mountains I passed by this scene almost daily. I loved seeing the changing #LightAndShadow on this pastoral hillside. All The Days, #acrylic on panel, available here www.annthompsonfineart.com/workszoom/52...
#BlueSkyArtShow #art #painting #ncartist #landscape
An abstract landscape painting with expressive brush marks and texture showing a green hillside rising up to the sky with a treeline at the top of the hill and a clump of evergreens up to the left casting a shadow on the hillside. Light is coming from the partly cloudy blue sky above.
May 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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My current series of intuitive #abstractlandscape #paintings is going well. Here’s a new one, 18” square #acrylic on canvas. No title yet.
#art #abstract #ncartist
A painting sitting on a shelf featuring expensive calligraphic marks in greens and blues on a pale cream colored ground where bits of red and pink pop through suggesting a marsh like landscape.
May 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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"We will be making it up. It's what artists do. It's what Turner did in his large, leaky London studio. Artists have always made it up: that's our job."-Gareth Edwards-
#art #sketchbook #abstract #mixedmedia #artistquotes #mondaymotivation
A sketchbook open on a table showing a mixed media drawing with expressive calligraphic marks in blue-greens and orange on the bottom third of the page over soft yellows covering the top two thirds.
May 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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I love to add #texture to my paintings to create a richly layered surface with scratching back through and expressive brushstrokes reveals previous layers. This is Windows Left Open for today's #BlueSkyArtShow, available here
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#art #abstractpainting
May 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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And another small #abstractlandscape #painting on my contemplation shelf, Secret Garden.
#art #abstractpainting #ncartist #womenartists
An abstract painting on canvas that uses expressive marks and calligraphic lines in greens and reds with orange and pale yellow accents on a field of soft green and pink to suggest foliage in an intimate landscape setting.
May 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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“A picture is a poem without words.” ~Confucius~
#mondaymotivation #art #sketchbook #mixedmedia #abstract #artquotes
A sketchbook page with expressive marks in green, peach, black and dark red suggesting a landscape.
May 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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In art, #lines can express a many ideas while leading the eye through the work. Lines can suggest shape, texture, tone, calligraphy. I like to use lines for their mystery. This is Talking To Myself, available here
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#BlueSkyArtShow #abstract #painting #art
An abstract painting with large blue and green shapes on a cream colored ground with texture and marks and a contrasting calligraphic marks in dark blue suggesting a flower form.
May 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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New small #abstractlandscape #painting hanging out on my contemplation shelf this Wednesday. Just because.
#art #abstract #ncartist #womenartists
A small painting sitting on a shelf next to a Buddha figurine. The painting utilizes expressive green and red marks and brushstrokes over a peach ground with blue accents vaguely suggesting a landscape. Pencil marks are also visible and the words "just because" appear in the background.
May 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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That's Why They Call It The Blues #acrylic on 12" square panel, is included in the 2025 Craven Arts ROY G BIV exhibit opening this Friday at the Bank of the Arts in New Bern NC. This year my assigned color was..you guessed it...blue. Stop by if you're in the area! #art #abstractpainting #ncartist
A painting with large calligraphic marks in various blues moving across a mostly blue textured field with cream accents and a bit if peach in the upper right corner.
May 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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"A studio is a laboratory, not a factory. An exhibit is the result of your experiments, but the process is never-ending." ~Chris Ofili~
#art #sketchbook #artistquote #mondaymotivation #abstractart #abstractlandscape #mixedmedia
An opened sketchbook on a table with crayons. The mixed media sketch has energetic marks in shades of violet and teal balanced with soft pink and warm light yellow open spaces.
May 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Something #green for today's #BlueSkyArtShow. This is Dappled, #acrylic on 16" square cradled panel, available here www.annthompsonfineart.com/workszoom/56...
Happy Saturday everyone!

#painting #abstract #inspiredbynature #contemporaryabstraction #ncartist
A painting in various shades of green with blue, yellow, and orange accents. Expressive marks, texture and variations of light and dark suggest dappled sunlight through trees.
May 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Three wee seascapes for you today, available on my website. Seaside I, II, and III, 5x7" acrylic on panel. #art #painting #seascape #ocean #ncartist www.annthompsonfineart.com/viewcollecti...
A seascape painting showing a cloudy but glowing sky in gray blues and soft pink reflected in the water with the surf splashing and rippling onto shore. A seascape painting showing a bright sunny day with a brilliant blue sky and soft clouds on the horizon, sparkling blue water and gentle waves rolling onto a sandy beach. A seascape painting depicting an early morning sky with blue above brilliant orange and red clouds on the horizon. the light from the sky is reflected in the surf with softer oranges glistening on the bright blue water.
April 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Flowers on my table.
#flowers #lilies #stilllife #weekendvibes
A photo of a clear glass vase overflowing with pink lilies sitting on a dining table.
April 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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One of my favorite places on #earth, Thunder Hill on the Blue Ridge Parkway in NC. I’ve painted this scene several times but this is the largest at 30x40” #acrylic on canvas.
#BlueSkyArtShow #art #landscape #ncartist
A painting on canvas of the Blue Ridge Mountains seen from the top of a hill looking down onto the Blue Ridge Parkway as it winds along the ridge. The hillside suggests tall grasses with yellow, gold, orange, green and pink brush strokes. There are distant green trees fading into the softening blues of the mountains. The sky is a soft pink fading to light blue suggesting a brightness to the day.
April 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Brand new seascape on my easel. Can't seem to stop painting the ocean, endless inspiration there. Inspired by watching the surf in the morning hours, 30 x 40" canvas. 🌊
#art #acrylicpainting #abstractseascape #seascapepainting
A painting on canvas of the ocean surf with a low, indistinct horizon fading into soft pink, a wispy line of clouds above and blue sky reflected in the water. Lots of loose brush marks suggesting sea spray, foam, and waves.
April 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM