30/05/2026
A Life in Art!
This is the synopsis from the back of Eric’s upcoming book 📖
There comes a moment in every artist’s life..
Somewhere between chasing the next commission, balancing the monthly accounts, and wondering how many years lie ahead - when a quiet question appears:
‘What have I actually learned from all this?’
For Eric Thompson, that question arrived long ago, and never quite went away.
After more than 45 years as a professional artist and three decades teaching others to paint, he found himself surrounded not just by pictures, but by stories of exhibitions and travel, of mishaps and small victories, of doubt, determination, and the people he met along the way.
A Proper Job is not a how-to guide and it isn’t a manual on technique.
It is a warm, honest reflection on what it truly means to build a life in art. Told with humour, humanity, and the quiet perspective that only time can give.