Esme Thompson

Professor of Studio Art

Esmé Thompson is a painter and Professor of Studio Art who has taught at Dartmouth College since 1979. Her paintings are brilliant celebrations of color and design that make use of a wide range of source materials and link patterns found in nature with aspects of man-made design. She reminds us that in art, as in nature, simple patterns often organize lively and complex structures. Her work includes paintings on canvas, paper, board and painted metal relief pieces.

Thompson is a member of the Bowery Gallery in New York City. She has been a resident of the Rockefeller Foundation and the Bogliasco Foundation in Italy, and returns to Italy often to pursue her interest in medieval painting and the decorative arts.

Her work has appeared in a one-person exhibition at the Bowery Gallery, December 2008 and the Helen Day Art Center, June 2008.

Recent shows include:

Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, Vermont Summer 2008
Bowery Gallery, NY, NY, December 2008
Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, VA 2007
Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT, 2007
List Gallery, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA. 2007

Selected Works Click to Enlarge