THOMAS McKNIGHT

THOMAS McKNIGHT (b. 1941) started painting when he was thirteen, and by his own admission his style has not changed radically since then. He began painting seriously in 1972, became increasingly well known during the 1980s, and by 1990 he had achieved extraordinary success: six books devoted to his work had been published (two in Japanese) and hundreds of editions of silkscreen prints had been sold. Among his distinctions is having been commissioned by the city of Kobe, Japan to paint a series of views for its Fair in 1993, and being selected by the White House to paint one of the three images for President Clinton’s official Christmas card in 1994.