Artists

Coffey & Thompson features an array of artists using different types of media that include acrylics, oil, mixed media, charcoal, watercolor, frescos, glass, metal, wood, and more. We offer clients original paintings, as well as, giclees, lithographs, etchings, engravings, seriagraphs, mezzotint prints and other post modern works, to fit every taste or decor. Throughout our 65 year history, Coffey & Thompson Fine Art has carried artwork by renowned artists like John J. Audubon, Ralph McDonald, Richard Plasschaert, Frank McCarthy, David Wright, and Edwin Gil. We look forward to exploring your decorating and artistic needs with you as you select the perfect piece of art for your home or business.

Edwin Gil

Commissioned pieces ranging from portraits, sculptures and paintings top the list of offerings provided by the gallery, as well as etching and limited edition prints by world renowned artists.

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Ralph McDonald

R.J. McDonald is one of our country’s most highly respected wildlife artists. For more than 25 years his paintings and prints have been enthusiastically collected by knowledgeable art collectors. In 1981, Ducks Unlimited named him its National Artist of the Year and the sale of his prints at the organization’s auctions raised millions of dollars.

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Richard Plasschaert

Richard Plasschaert is one of the country’s premier wildlife artists and his accuracy and attention to detail are his trademarks. His original work and limited-edition prints are highly sought after by collectors. He created the first North Carolina Duck Stamp and his works continue to please and delight wildlife art enthusiasts.

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Edwin Gil

Colombian native Edwin Gil is a contemporary conceptual artist best known for his vibrant colors and proprietary paint technique used to achieve depth and movement in his works.

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John J. Audubon

French-American ornithologist, naturalist, hunter, and painter, John J. Audubon, painted, catalogued and described the birds of North America in numerous pieces of artwork and is said to have represented the new American people of the United States during his life throughout the mid-1800s.

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Nellie Ashford

Nellie Ashford is a self-proclaimed folk artist whose paintings portray families, children and dancers in vibrant detail. Her pieces are combinations of painted imagery and collaged fabrics.

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Werner Willis

Werner Willis operated a commercial art studio in Charlotte, North Carolina for fifteen years. He uses color and the play of light to capture the atmospheric effects as well as the realistic representation which is so highly regarded in his historical subjects.

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Judy Thompson-Phillips

Judy Thompson-Phillips grew up in South Carolina on the family’s ancestral farm, lived for ten years on a beach in romantic, historical Charleston, SC and now lives in Charlotte, NC.

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Frank McCarthy

Frank McCarthy’s dynamic paintings frequently featured the people of the west with a special emphasis on the Plains Indian, mountain men, and cavalry that made up the lore and lure of the old west. Appropriately entitled “The Dean of Western Action Painters”, Frank McCarthy’s art was unsurpassed for its motion, drama, and absolute attention to accuracy and detail.

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James Bama

James Bama was born 1926 and is an American artist known for his realistic paintings and etchings of Western subjects. He once said about the American west, “Here an artist can trace the beginnings of Western history, see the first buildings, the oldest wagons, saddles and guns, and be up close to the remnants of Indian culture… and you can stand surrounded by nature’s wonders.”

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John Clymer

John Ford Clymer (January 29, 1907 – November 2, 1989) was an American painter and illustrator known for his work that captured nature and the American West.

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