Part of the reason why I chose the title painting out loud for the show is that I'm beginning to paint with more texture, thicker paint. This impasto method allows me to express more with each brushstroke. There is a three dimensional aspect to each brushstroke with natural shadows and highlights that make every brushstroke three tones in one.
Meyer Gallery Close to Home
Eric G. Thompson Close to Home
June 27 - July 10 , 2025
Meyer Gallery 225 Canyon Road Santa Fe, NM 87501 505.983.1434 | www.meyergalleries.com
While Eric grew up in the city, summers and holidays at his grandfather’s farm in Idaho left a lasting and significant impression on his heart. Wandering the old, rusted outbuildings, exploring the potato cellar, watching the animals in the pastures at sunset, turning rusted and strange tools over in his hands and wondering about their significance...created an appreciation for detail, for mystery, for the simplicity and beauty in bucolic scenes and sights and smells. Far from rural America, the Japanese have a concept called “wabi-sabi” that Eric has always been fascinated with - it creates a connection between two cultures that is profound. “The aging of things, the use, the history, the rust and the wrinkles and the fingerprints - they tell a story. Of usefulness, of impermanence, yet resilience and wisdom. The Japanese appreciate their elders, and an old hammer is appreciated and beautiful in the same way.” Rural America is always where the Thompsons took their vacations, and Eric has always painted these scenes that captured his childhood. In 2022 he moved to a tiny town of 1400 people, a lot more cows and sheep, with no stoplight, and clean air. Seeing extraordinary in the ordinary, Thompson’s exhibit seeks to illuminate the American Farm - its beauty, the economy of re-use, the craftmanship and care and weathering of dwelling places, the royalty of livestock, the poetry in the lines of an alfalfa field... “I wanted to create an exhibit where others could immerse themselves in this rural beauty I’m lucky enough to live in every day. I want them to see the exquisite form within the function, imagine the sturdy souls that walked these fields and used these tools, I want them to smell the clean air and breathe in the American farm life that is truly the silent heartbeat of our country.”
Enduring Tradition egg tempera
21 x 24
Everlasting egg tempera
24 x 24
Fading Heritage egg tempera
11 x 24
Favorite Bucket egg tempera
22 x 16
Fuel egg tempera 17 x 24
His and Hers egg tempera
21 x 22
Legendary egg tempera 19 x 24
Placed to Rest egg tempera
17 x 12
egg tempera
16 x 24
Pyramid
Reliable egg tempera
21 x 10
Sacred Flight egg tempera
24 x 18
Straight from the Hose egg tempera 12 x 12
Wilma egg tempera
14 x 12
egg tempera 27 x 24
Winter Tea
Shear Patina egg tempera 11.5 x 18
Eggsquisite egg tempera
11 x 12
Price list Close to Home
Enduring Tradition
egg tempera
21 x 24
$7,900
Everlasting
egg tempera
24 x 24
$7,900
Fading Heritage
egg tempera
11 x 24
$5,600
Favorite Bucket
egg tempera
$6,800
22 x 16
Fuel
egg tempera
17 x 24
$6,900
His and Hers
egg tempera
21 x 22
$7,800
Legendary
egg tempera
19 x 24
$7,600
Placed to Rest
egg tempera
17 x 12
$5,000
Price list Close to Home
Pyramid
egg tempera
16 x 24
$6,700
$5,100
Reliable
egg tempera
21 x 10
$7,300
Sacred Flight
egg tempera
24 x 18
$4,000
Straight from the Hose
egg tempera
12 x 12
$4,500
Wilma
egg tempera
14 x 12
$9,400
Winter Tea
egg tempera
27 x 24
$5,300
Shear Patina
egg tempera
11.5 x 18
$3,800
Eggsquisite
egg tempera
11 x 12
Meyer Gallery 225 Canyon Road Santa Fe, NM 87501 505.983.1434 www.meyergalleries.com
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