San Antonio in Color

Flamboyant hues and a bold mixed-media style make for a stunning visual tribute to the city of San Antonio. Quotes and captions accompany over 80 color reproductions of paintings by W. B. Thompson, whose influences include Vincent van Gogh and fauvist Raoul Dufy. San Antonio's loveliest attractions are portrayed, including the old Catholic missions, cobblestone lined Paseo del Rio, and the Governor's Palace, labeled "the most beautiful building in San Antonio" by National Geographic. Renditions of a local rodeo and a taqueria on the historic West Side assure that the full flavors and authenticity of this laid-back city come through. An appendix provides additional background on each painting.

Thompson lives and works in the Virgin Islands. He also maintains a studio in Connecticut. His mixed media paintings and sculptural assemblages are in prominent art collections worldwide. San Antonio in Color was awarded a certificate of excellence at the 35th Annual Bookbuilders West Show and was a San Antonio Express-News Best Book of 2004. Thompson graduated from Trinity University (B.A. History, 1988) and was a student of Art Professor Bill Bristow.

Jenny Browne is the author of three collections of poems Dear Stranger, The Second Reason, and At Once. Her poems and essays have appeared widely, including American Poetry Review, Gulf Coast, Pleiades, The New York Times, Tin House, and Threepenny Review. A former James Michener Fellow at the University of Texas in Austin, she has received grants from the San Antonio Artist Foundation, the Texas Writers League, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Currently she is an Associate Professor of English at Trinity University, is the 2016-2018 City of San Antonio Poet Laureate and the 2017 State of Texas Poet Laureate.