Biography

CAROL LEE THOMPSON
Phoenix, Maryland

*Carol can be reached by e-mail: carol@carolleethompson.com

EXHIBIT

2008 OPA Eastern Regional Richland Fine Art Nashville, TN
2008 Barnsite Gallery/Linden Gallery, Exploring the Hidden Realms of China Wisconsin
2008-06 Easton Plein Air Competition & Arts Festival Easton, MD
2008-07 Wayne Art Center Plein Air Festival Wayne, PA
2008 Painting South of the Clouds Kunming, China
2008 One Woman Exhibit A Visual Diary, GalleryRoCa Havre de Grace, MD
2008-2004 Beaux Arts, Scottsdale Artists School Scottsdale, AZ
2008 Devon Horse Show Art Exhibit Philadelphia, PA
2008 World Federation of Miniaturists International Miniature Show Tasmania, Australia
2007 OPA Eastern Regional Juried Exhibit, Weatherburn Gallery Naples, FL
2007 Bennington Center for the Arts, American Academy of Women
    Artists (AAWA) Show
Bennington, VT
2007-03,01,
     99,98
International Exhibit of Fine Art in Miniature, The Miniature
   Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, DC
Washington, DC
2007 American Academy of Equine Art, Fall Juried Exhibit Lexington, KY
2007 Havre de Grace Plein Air Festival Havre de Grace, MD
2007-2006 Masters of Foxhounds Assoc. of America (MFHA) Centennial
    Traveling Art Exhibition
Lexington, KY
2007,05 Art for Land's Sake Baltimore, MD
2007-05 Seaside Art Gallery Annual Miniature Show Nags Head, NC
2006-04,94,93 Gilcrease Museum "American Art in Miniature" Tulsa, OK
2006-01 Fall Classic, Ponderosa Gallery Hamilton, MT
2006 AAWA "Visions of the West," El Presidio Gallery
Tucson, AZ
2006-04 Sylvan Gallery Charleston, SC
2006 AAWA, Mill Gallery Santa Fe, NM
2006 American Plains Artists, Great Plains Museum Lincoln, NE
2006 Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Assoc. (MAPAPA) Annual
    Exhibit, City Hall
Annapolis, MD
2006 Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Contemporary Realism Fort Wayne, IN
2006,05,00,
    96,93
Cheyenne Frontier Days Museum, Western Spirit Show Cheyenne, WY
2006 25th Miniature Show, Eldorado Fine Arts Gallery Colorado Springs, CO
2005-03 Cogswell Gallery Vail, CO
2004 International Miniature Show, Smithsonian Museum Washington, DC
2004 Green Spring Valley Hounds/Hunt Club Butler, MD
2004 American Women Artists 6th Biannual Scottsdale, AZ
2004,00-94 Joe Wade Fine Arts Santa Fe, NM
2003-02 Still Life Show, John Pence Gallery San Francisco, CA
2003 Arts for the Parks, Top 200 National Parks Jackson Hole, WY
2003,95 C. M. Russell Museum Auction Great Falls, MT
2002,95 OPA Regional Exhibit Washington, DC
  OPA 4th Annual Exhibit San Antonio, TX
2002-99 Shared Visions Gallery Delray, FL
2002-00 Taos Gallery Scottsdale, AZ
2002 Florida Juried Invitational, Juror Richard Schmid Perry, FL
2000 2nd Int'l Miniature Show, World Federation of Miniaturists Tasmania, Australia
2000 Exhibit Maryland State Capital Building Annapolis, MD
2000-1994 Joe Wade Fine Arts Santa Fe, NM
1999 Grenning Gallery Sag Harbor, NY
1999-96 Cornell Gallery Pleasantville, NY
1999-98 Morris & Whiteside Hilton Head, SC
1998 Small Works, Arizona Historical Society Tempe, AZ
1998 AAWA, 4th Annual, Joan Cawley Gallery Scottsdale, AZ
1998 "Baltimore Realists," 20 North Gallery Toledo, OH
  Midwestern Museum of American Art Elkhart, IN
  Butler Institute of American Art Youngstown, OH
  Hagerstown Museum Hagerstown, MD
1998-97 Women Artists of the West, Juried Show Biloxi, MS
1997 AAWA, Desert Caballeros Museum Show Wickenburg, AZ
1997 AAWA, Clymer Museum Ellensburg, WA
1996-94 Wichita Art Association, National Small Painting Exhibit Wichita, KS
1996 O'Brien's Art Emporium Scottsdale, AZ
1996 "Nightwalker '96," Curfman Gallery, Colorado State Univ. Fort Collins, CO
1996 Akron Society of Artists, "Grand Exhibition" Akron, OH
1996 Festival of Western Art San Dimas, CA
1996-95 Tucson Museum, "Women Artists and the West" Tucson, AZ
1995 Salmagundi Club, Annual Exhibits New York, NY
1995 Cherokee National Museum 24th Trail of Tears Tahlequah, OK
1995 Mountain Oyster Club Show Tucson, AZ
1995-90 Altermann and Morris Galleries Houston & Dallas, TX;
Santa Fe, NM
1994 Butler Institute of American Art, 58th Annual Mid-Year
    Exhibition
Youngstown, OH
1994-93 Albuquerque Museum, "Miniatures" Albuquerque, NM
1994 Salmagundi Club, "Thumbox" New York, NY
1994 York College "Classical Realism/Schuler" York, PA
1993-92 Massey Fine Arts "Realism Up Close" Santa Cruz, NM
1993-92 Gibson Island Country Club, One Woman Exhibit Gibson Island, MD
1993,91 The Charcoal Club Baltimore, MD
1993,90 Chilton Publishing Company, One Woman Exhibit Philadelphia, PA
1989 Life of Maryland Gallery "Jacques Maroger et son Heritage" Baltimore, MD
1988-86 Waterfowl Festival
Easton, MD

EDUCATION

1987 - 1992 Schuler School of Fine Arts Baltimore, MD
1981 - 1987 Maryland Institute College of Art, MFA Baltimore, MD
1976 - 1980 Towson State University, B.S. Baltimore, MD

AWARDS

2007 Best Sporting Art, American Academy of Equine Art, International Museum of the Horse Lexington, KY
2007-01 74th, 73th, 72th, 71st, 70th, 68th Int'l Exhibit of Fine Art in Miniature, Honorable Mention Washington, DC
2005-03 22nd, 21st, 20th Annual Artists Magazine Comp. Finalist Cincinnati, OH
2002 Fredrix Spirit of America Competition, Third Place Lawrenceville, GA
2000 Honored by the Governor's Wife, State of Maryland Annapolis, MD
1998 65th Intl Exhibit of Fine Art
    Second Place-Portrait, Honorable Mention-Still Life
Washington, DC
1996 Northern National Art Competitions, B.B. Hurley Award Rinelander, WI
1996 Cheyenne Frontier Days Museum, "Western Spirit Show,"
    Honorable Mention
Cheyenne, WY
1995 Salmagundi Club Annual Exhibit, D. Wu & Elsie Ject-Key
    Memorial Award
New York, NY
1994 Salmagundi Club Thumbox Show, Tom Picard Award for Still-Life New York, NY
1993 Massey Fine Arts "Realism Up Close," Honorable Mention Santa Cruz, NM
1992 Massey Fine Arts, Purchase Award Santa Cruz, NM
1990 Wichita Art Association, Liquitex Award Wichita, KS
1989 Rehobeth Art League Annual Show Rehobeth, DE
1988 Academy of Fine Arts, Black and Decker Purchase Award Easton, MD
1988 State Purchase for Promotion Baltimore, MD
1987 Hampton Wildlife Festival, 1st Place, 3rd Place Hampton, VA
1986 Baltimore Life Building "Making the Grade," Television Coverage,
    Honorable Mention
Baltimore, MD

MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD

CORPORATE/PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
In addition to works being enjoyed by numerous art collectors:

City Hall, Mayor O'Malley, Maryland
Fort McHenry National Monument, National Parks, Maryland
"Star Pass" Marriott Hotel and Resort, Arizona
Anne Arundel Community College
Black and Decker, Incorporated
Copeland Rutherford, Fine Arts Limited, New Mexico
Crestar Bank
Dr. G. Marek, Washington, DC
First National Bank of Maryland
Gail Darling Temporaries, New Mexico
John Pardee, Texas
O'Conor, Piper and Flynn Realty
Mr. Ruckerer, Germany
State of Maryland - Helen D. Bentley
Steel and Wire Products
Wolfgang Meyer, Germany
Jack Morris, Morris and Whiteside Galleries
The John Carroll School
Yegen Equity Loan Corporation
U.S. State Department
A. A. Porter, England
Margaret Mead Law Offices, Maryland
Moran's Restaurant, New York
Denise Meyers, Artist, California
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Holiday, Washington, DC
Dr. Bernard McGibbon, Maryland
H.R. Nicholson Co., Maryland
Joni Falk, Artist, Arizona
Volto Restaurant, Greece
Campbells Soup Family, Pennsylvania

BIBLIOGRAPHY

"North Carolina Literary Review," 2008
Baltimore Magazine, "Art in the Family"
Southwest Art Magazine, April 2004, "Best of the West"
Southwest Art Magazine, 2001, 2000, "Collecting"
Art of the American West, Rockport, 1998
Fresh Flowers: The Best of Flower Painting, North Light Books, 1996
Art of the West Magazine, Nov/Dec 1995, "Preview Artist"
American Artist Magazine, June 1998, "Baltimore Realists"
My Favorite Maryland Recipes, Cover Painting
Art in the Valley, Calendar Printing Corporation of America

Exclusively Magazine, October 2007, Cover Painting

OTHER AFFILIATIONS

Member, American Academy of Women Artists
Member, American Women Artists
Member and 2007 Judge, The Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society, Washington, DC
Member, Oil Painters of America
Member, Maryland Plein Air Painters
Lecturer, John Hopkins, Medical Arts, Baltimore, MD
95 Print Artist, Catholic Charities, Baltimore, MD
Oil Painting Workshop, "Imagenesis" Association of Medical Illustrators, Baltimore, MD
Workshops with Howard Terpning, David Leffel, Scott Christensen,
    Matt Smith, Ralph Oberg, Robert Liberace
Part-time Educator - Schuler School of Fine Arts and Zoll Studio, workshops and seminars