Smooth Sailing Art Collaborative Exhibit . Opening event is a special venue of the 9 artist producing a wall of different schooners from Caym30″x40″ canvas. This about the width of a room door from top of door to the door handle. It is an amazing process to see the group working on the art.
this year 2024 a new selection of paintings of cayman schooners will be added to the collection of the exhibition. Be sure to check out the new paintings.
Lifelong artist, Monte Thornton, lately has looked more inwardly to inform what he paints from keen observation. This introspection has been borne of a personal need to convalesce.
Lady Slater – Smooth Sailing Exhibit Schooners -22×39 -Acrylic- on canvas- $2340Coming around the bluff. – Smooth Sailing Exhibit Schooners -18×36 -Acrylic- on canvas- $1880Coming around the bluff. – Smooth Sailing Exhibit Schooners -18×36 -Acrylic- on canvas- $1880Smooth Sailing – Smooth Sailing Exhibit Schooners -30×40 -Acrylic- on canvas- $2880Rounding the Bluff. – Smooth Sailing Exhibit Schooners -36×48 -Acrylic- on canvas- $5680A calm looking for Little Cayman, Cayman Schooner Series. by Monte Thornton 24×24′ $1200. i is for…Till we’re ready again. – Smooth Sailing Exhibit Schooners -18×18 -Acrylic- on canvas- $1640Northeast Bluff and Falling asleep at helm – Diptych – Smooth Sailing Exhibit Schooners -24×18-Acrylic- on canvas- $2840 each both $5000A Seascape – Cut in Rough Seas Southside of Cayman Brac-24×18-Acrylic- on canvas- $1680Falling asleep at helm – Diptych – Smooth Sailing Exhibit Schooners -24×18-Acrylic- on canvas- $2840 each Northeast Bluff – Diptych – Smooth Sailing Exhibit Schooners -24×18-Acrylic- on canvas- $2840 eachGone to church – Smooth Sailing Exhibit Schooners -21×33 -Acrylic- on canvas- $1840 Going ashore. – Smooth Sailing Exhibit Schooners -24×48 -Acrylic- on canvas- $1880
About Monte Thornton
As An Artist
Born in Fort Worth, Texas he grew up drawing and photographing artistic perspectives of wildlife, landscapes and people. At the age of nine he learned the hobby of taxidermy of many birds and deer that he hunted and mounted for friends.this provided insight into the mussels and anatomy.
In 1974 he took his first art class and the teacher set him aside to peruse his artistic talents. The art teacher had a background of working with George O’Keeffe as an assistant and provided guidance in building frames, gesso of sheets, techniques in use of LiquidTex Heavy Body texture Acrylic paint and development of exploring creative perspectives of painting. There were a series of paintings that we completed in that last year of high school. This reflected the times and life durning that period. The painting of Stairway to heaven 1974 which was his first abstracted painting; A full size bed sheet was used to create the tiger; A poster board gessoed was used for the fishing reel, were several notable works that were presented in art exhibit in Summer of 1975 at Texas Commerce Bank.
After returning from Army service in Hawaii in 1979, his painting resumed more full time in creating memories of scuba diving with Humpback Whales, Sharks and the rainforest mountains of the north shore coast of Oahu and other locations amount Hawaii.
Perspective of seeing a Humpback Whale surface after a shore dive. 16×20 $600Painted church was decorated with the peoples on the inside of the church. Big Island Hawaii, two view of Expressionism of relegion. $2240 26×36Part 2 Painted church was decorated with the peoples on the inside of the church. Big Island Hawaii, two view of Expressionism of religion. $2240 26×36
List paintings
Living in Padre Island from 1982, impacted the presentation of ocean, sand and ocean paintings. He took one memorable adventure of driving the Texas Mexico Gulf of Mexico coast to Cancun early development photographing the newly uncovered ruins of Plyainic, Tulum and traveled into the new country of elite that ahead just obtained independence from Britain in 1981. He went to remote villages of Sartaniha where an Icehouse had just been built by Red lobster to assist in shipment of lobster tails. This allowed a single light to be strung in each thatched hut. This was the first seeing inland seniotes and Mayian artifacts. Tulum provided fresh view of the rich color of paint used on the inside of the ruins.
Memories of sitting on the North Shore as the Moon came up Hawaii, 24×36″ $4760 by Monte Thornton
Panel of Kina Point North Shore of Ohau, Hawaii. 96” x 48” .
Missing photo to come soon.
the first series of Triptic of North Shore of Sharks Cove, my favorite dive site from shore. Was the first dive I ever saw Loin fish in 1978 and was first encounter with Humpback Whales briching.
In fall of 1982 to 1986 he lived in his childhood house and took the second floor as a bedroom and art studio.
Painting studies
Move to Houston for opportunity was an act of listening to Godard getting back involved with scuba diving. He managed a dive store that lead back to travels to Cayman, Belize and Honduras.
Series of reef fish of Queen Angle and French Angle were his first series to be printed and were placed in Pure Art in 1989.
French Angelfish series 3 2 of 3. Painted in 1989 by Monte Thornton.Queen Angelfish series 1 of 3. Painted in 1989 by Monte Thornton. Prints onlyBluegreen Angelfish series 3 of 3. Painted in 1989 by Monte Thornton.
Stop of painting in 1994.
2011 started back to drawing and painting. The first was a turtle in September 2011. This also allowed further study of turtle in three other locations in 2015 and 2016.
2011 Sea Turtle Scott Dock Reef 26×36 Arches watercolor paper with Acrylic washes. $1400 by Monte Thornton 2015 Sea Turtle for Cayman Brac Rental property 1 of 16 by Monte Thronton.
End of Bluff South Side 2012 by Monte ThorntonLagoon Rocks West End Beach Cayman Brac. By Monte Thornton 2012 18″x42″.Yellow with rain. By Monte Thornton. 18″ x 24″ 2011.Seascape, Landscape, Backyard-sunset-on-the-bluff-Cayman-Brac-18×24 Acrylic-on-canvas-$1840 by Monte ThorntonA Cayman Seascape, End of bluff on South East Brac 24×18 Acrylic on canvas $1840. by Monte ThorntonLand Scape – Back-Yard-Parrot-in-February-no-Leaves-on-trees Cayman Brac Bluff Living $1140 by Monte ThorntonSeascape 2017-Seven-Mile-beach-at-Calico-Jack Grand Cayman $1880 Monte ThorntonEden Rock Goliath Grouper with Silver Sides 2017 by Monte ThorntonSeacape-Flowers-Sea-Swim-Brac-Lagoo-Reeef-Brac-18×24-Acrylic-on-canvas-$840 each-Series-both-showing by Monte ThorntonLand Scape – Back-Yard-Parrot-in-February-no-Leaves-on-trees Cayman Brac Bluff Living $1140 by Monte ThorntonA Groupers off Scotts dock Cayman Brac 18×24 Acrylic-on-canvas-$740 by Monte ThorntonA Male Grouper in Breeding mode Cayman Brac- 6×20-Acrylic-on-canvas $740 by Monte ThorntonPin wheel Coconut tree at lagoon on southwest end of Cayman Brac. By Monte Thornton. 18″ x 24″ 2013.Lagoon on southwest end of Cayman Brac. By Monte Thornton. 18 x 24 2013Public beach south side of Cayman Brac Bluff. By Monte Thornton. 18″ x 24″ 2015. $1440
2018 Summer created a new challenge of creating 56 Abstract paintings in 45 days of summer break. Here is part of that study Monte created.
Abstract-No8b_-18×24-Acrylic-on-canvas-$1480 Thornton, MonteAbstract-No8-18×24-Acrylic-on-canvas- by Monte Thornton $2480-series-4-of-4Abstract-No7-18×24-Acrylic-on-canvas- by Monte Thornton $2480-series-3-of-4Abstract-No78-11×14- By Monte Thornton Acrylic-on-canvas-destroyed stolen. Prints Only.Twist of Emotions
During the summer of 2018, when on break from teaching I decided to take a leap in my art structure to fo a series of Abstract paintings over approximately 40day period. It produced a series of 67 of my paintings some in series. On My sixtieth birthday I decided to use the theme of Iris’s that i had created for my mom in 1984. The movement is a subconscious flow between two canvases that shared the adventure that my wife at that time had decided in joining in the artist adventure for her first art experience. There is a flow back and forth but still individuals on there own thoughts. Two months later we separated and divorced a year later.
Thornton_Monte_2018-045 abstract No5 18×24 Acrylic on canvas $2480 series 1 of 4Abstract-No13-16×20-Acrylic-on-canvas By Monte Thornton $1280Abstract No21-16×20 Acrylic on canvas $2360 by Monte Thornton
Abstract-No5-18×24-Acrylic-on-canvas By Monte Thornton 640Abstract-No42-18×24-Acrylic-on-canvas By Monte Thornton $440Abstract No41 18×24 Acrylic on canvas by Monte Thornton $1240Astract-No39-16×20- $940 Acrylic-on-canvas by Monte Thornton Series Study Summer 2018Abstract-No8-18×24-Acrylic-on-canvas by Monte Thornton $1840
Abstract-No7-18×24-Acrylic-on-canvas by Monte Thornton $2260Thornton_Monte_2018-031 abstract No31 14×11 Acrylic on canvas $1480Equus – Abstract-No29-16×20-Acrylic-on-canvas-$1480
2011 Cayman Brac resume of painting after retirement.
2019 SmoothSailing-exhibit.com starts in November.
011 -A Schooner project drawings 2021 by Monte
Thornton $100 for original 18×24 Archival paper.Schooner project drawings 00-7689 Georgetown Grand Cayman – Pencil 2020 $100026 -A Schooner project drawings 2021 by Monte
Thornton $100 for original 18×24 Archival paper.021 -A Schooner project drawings 2021 by Monte
Thornton $100 for original 18×24 Archival paper.
2021 exhibit
Smooth Sailing – Smooth Sailing Exhibit Schooners -30×40 -Acrylic- on canvas- $2880Rounding the Bluff. – Smooth Sailing Exhibit Schooners -36×48 -Acrylic- on canvas- $5680Dead Calm – Smooth Sailing Exhibit Schooners -18×24 -Acrylic- on canvas- $1880 Northeast Bluff – Diptych – Smooth Sailing Exhibit Schooners -24×18-Acrylic- on canvas- $2840 eachFalling asleep at helm – Diptych – Smooth Sailing Exhibit Schooners -24×18-Acrylic- on canvas- $2840 each Going ashore. – Smooth Sailing Exhibit Schooners -24×48 -Acrylic- on canvas- $1880Coming around the bluff. – Smooth Sailing Exhibit Schooners -18×36 -Acrylic- on canvas- $1880A calm looking for Little Cayman, Cayman Schooner Series. by Monte Thornton 24×24′ $1200. i is for…Seacape-Rounding-the-bluff-in-strom-at-sunset-48×36-Acrylic-on-canvas-$3860Lady Slater – Smooth Sailing Exhibit Schooners -22×39 -Acrylic- on canvas- $2340Coming around the bluff. – Smooth Sailing Exhibit Schooners -18×36 -Acrylic- on canvas- $1880Storm End. – Smooth Sailing Exhibit Schooners -30×40 -Acrylic- on canvas- $3880Loading of Thatch. – Smooth Sailing Exhibit Schooners -36×56 -Acrylic- on canvas- $5640Till we’re ready again. – Smooth Sailing Exhibit Schooners -18×18 -Acrylic- on canvas- $1640
2022
2023
2023 Christmas series of schooners cards.
2024 New directions of Sacramento and art paintings.
Portrait sessions are booked several days in advance and review of setup appoints the next days to allow selection after processing and edits. Booking is 30 minutes for $65 US Dollars that includes three digital files. Each additional file is $30 dollars, Prints available 5×7 and 8×10. 16×20 canvas prints available on request.
Smith Cove Sunset Photographs are different every day!
Monte Thornton is an artist also. Be sure to see his paintings.
Series of paintings are at LeVela Restaurant Georgetown Water Front.
In 2016 at season of fall, Smith Cove became the subject of nine paintings that were worked on over a years time. Focus was early morning or sunset in the lighting and the action of the waves.
Winter glimmer of sunset at Smith Cove. By Monte Thornton. 40″ x 30″ 2017. $3480Perspective of the beach at Smith Cove. By Monte Thornton. 40″ x 30″ 2017. $3480
During the same time, I worked on a six month painting that layering over many weeks created a different affect in the outcome of this grouper that I had photographed on Eden Rock in 2006.
Eden Rock Goliath Grouper with Silver Sides 2017 by Monte Thornton $4340
At other times in the early 1980’s I started doing series of paintings of Flowers, marine life, landscapes, from my tour in Hawaii for two years with the military. In 1986 I did details studies of the Queen Angle fish and French Angle fish that I had photographed on Cayman Shipwrecks in 1986. These became prints in 1989 and were sold at Pure Art till 1998.
Perspective of seeing a Humpback Whale surface after a shore dive. 16×20 $600
