Welcome to the website of Brent Jeffrey Thomas,artist.
THERE ARE 6 GALLERIES FOR YOU TO VISIT! You can see these gallery options by hovering your mouse arrow over Gallery. Simply click on the gallery of your choice (Diverse Artworks, Portraits, Landscapes, etc.).
A quick review of the images on this website will reveal that the artist is interested in painting and drawing in almost any genre, and that he is interested in a wide range of subject matter.
- Portraiture of people, beloved animal companions.
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Realism and Symbolism
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Originals, limited and open edition prints of original artworks.
The images on this website may not be copied or reproduced without the written permission of the artist. Please contact the artist for permission before using any image on this website.
The artist is currently working upon several important commissions, and is making paintings for exhibition.
The price(0.00) indicated next to portraits and certain other works reflects that those images are not for sale, that they have been purchased, collected, licensed, etc.
Original paintings and drawings, commissioned works, prints, and postcards by Brent are available for purchase by contacting the artist by e-mail. Please use the word "Art"as the subject of your e-mail!
Each image on this website may only be used with the permission of the artist.
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Lew Wallace and Billy the Kid are shown together in this original pen and ink drawing by Brent, which was commissioned by artist/author Ray John de Aragon. These historic persons, Lew Wallace and Billy the Kid, are in the news once again as New Mexico Governor Richardson contemplates a possible pardon for outlaw Billy. Territorial Governor Lew Wallace once met with an armed Billy the Kid, in private, in an attempt to resolve matters associated with the Lincoln County War. Here is a link to a recent news story regarding this new possible pardon:
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/mexico-governor-bill-richardson-pardon-outlaw-billy-kid/story?id=11306390
Brent admires Lew Wallace, who was a true renaissance man, and who completed one of the most famous novels of the 19th century, "Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ", while working in Santa Fe as Territorial Governor of the New Mexico Territory. Lew Wallace's work of 1880 inspired, it is said, Henryk Sienkiewicz, the brilliant Polish author of "Quo Vadis' (Brent's favorite novel), written in 1895. Lew Wallace's novel has inspired film directors, composers, artists and many others.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Wallace
http://www.ben-hur.com/
Here is a link to the beautiful "Ben Hur" love theme composed by Miklos Rosza: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUUbosD2XqA
Here is a link to an important and moving scene in the "Ben Hur" movie production of the late 50's: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0Y-5e_dGV4&feature=related
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