My photograph of a boat taken from Goat Island in New Castle won Best in Show at the Seacoast Artist Association “Coastal” theme show this July 2026. It was subsequently purchased by the gentleman that owned the boat! I love it when my art captures a precious memory for a person.
I am honored that my “Minuteman Statue at North Bridge” photograph was selected for the exhibition title wall and brochure for this summer’s art exhibition “The Minute Man: Examining Patriotism, Victory, and Loss” at Chesterwood, the historic summer estate of renowned American sculptor Daniel Chester French in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
French (1850–1931) is best known for his large, iconic statue of the seated Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. He also sculpted the Minuteman statue in Concord, Massachusetts, the subject of my photograph.
Chesterwood is owned and run by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. A guided tour takes you through French’s elegant home, his studio, and beautiful gardens. The exhibition celebrates the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding.
The Minuteman statue is a 7-foot-tall bronze sculpture representing those who fought in the battle against the British Regulars at the Old North Bridge on April 19, 1775. Unveiled on April 19, 1875, for the centennial of the battle, it stands at the Minute Man National Historical Park to honor the farmers and tradesmen who fought for independence. The North Bridge, site of the first skirmish of the Revolutionary War and popularized as the location of the “shot heard ’round the world”, is in the foreground of the scene. The man is leaving his farm plow to his left, striding forward with a rifle in his right hand, signifying how these citizen-soldiers would be called upon to fight for liberty at a moment’s notice. My photograph, taken on a colorful fall day and enhanced with artistic filters, is available for purchase on my Fine Art America online shop.
It is also available as part of my Stamp Treks – New England Edition album on eBay. This is a collection of my images inspired by our nation’s postage stamps.
Each page of the album include a color print of my image, a description of the image and it’s relationship with the stamp, and, in the variation that includes stamps, a genuine mint specimen of the postage stamp. The statue was commemorated in a War Savings stamp issued by the United States Postal Service in 1942.
The album also includes my image of Chesterwood, inspired by the 1940 stamp of French.
I have two framed works from my Scenes from New England series on exhibit at The Art Center in Dover, NH, from now until June 30.
Cog Nears the Summit
The cog railway train approaches the summit of Mount Washington in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. This is the world’s first mountain-climbing cog railway, operational since 1869. It’s the second-steepest in the world, scaling a 3-mile track to the 6,288-foot summit with a maximum grade of 37.4%.
View from Mount Washington
Distant mountains unfold in this view from the summit. The Lakes of the Clouds, seen in the lower left, are two alpine tarns nestled at 5,032 feet in the col between Mount Washington and Mount Monroe. They are the highest elevation lakes in the Northeast and serve as the base for the AMC’s hikers’ hut.
I have the following photograph, in a black frame, on exhibit at the Seacoast Artist Association gallery in Exeter, NH May 30 – June 27.
Spider Orchid
This plant, photographed at the US Botanic Garden in Washington DC, has distinctive flowers with long, thin petals that mimic the legs of a spider to attract specific pollinating wasps.
I’ll be selling my New England fine art photographs and Stamp Treks matted prints and albums in-person at this special Open Studio event at The Art Center in downtown Dover, NH on May 16 10am-6pm. Stop by!
In celebration of the 2026 Boston Stamp Exposition, I selected the 23 works from my Stamp Treks series of artworks that highlight places attendees can easily visit in Boston and surrounding towns.
Stamp collectors and anyone interested in the history of New England as depicted in our nation’s postage stamps may be interested in purchasing my Stamp Treks album which contains these photographs accompanied by a description of each artwork and its connection to the postage stamp that inspired it, and a mint edition of the stamp, all bound in a handsome 3-ring binder.
The list of artworks below provide a link to selected works that I sell through my Fine Art America online shop, a Google Maps link to the place where I took the photograph, and a link to the Mystic Stamp Company listing for the stamp,
Art: Old Massachusetts Statehouse
Place: 206 Washington St, Boston, MA
Stamp: 1988 Massachusetts Statehood
Art: Massachusetts Statehouse
Place: Boston, MA
Art: Julia Ward Howe’s Brownstone
Place: Boston, MA (private residence now)
Stamp: 1987 Julia Ward Howe
Art: John Hancock Memorial
Place: Boston, MA
Stamp: 1976 Declaration of Independence: Hancock and Thomson
My Stamp Treks album is now available for purchase on eBay.
This unique stamp collector’s album includes my Stamp Treks series of fine art photographs, artwork inspired by our nation’s postage stamps that celebrate prominent people, historic events, and remarkable innovations of New England.
Barrel Cactus
On exhibit at the Whispers of Color theme show at the Seacoast Artist Association gallery in Exeter, NH, from February 29 to March 27.
Red Anthurium
On exhibit at the Members Exhibition at The Art Center in Dover, NH, from March 9 to April 30.
The New Hampshire Art Association is exhibiting the members’ Holiday Show at their Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery on State Street in Portsmouth December 3-28, 2025. I have the following three framed works on display there…
The Mount Washington Hotel glows at Christmas time in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The resort was decked out in it’s holiday finest and this photo of the rear of the building highlights the beautiful veranda with it’s lights glowing right before sunset. The signature white siding and red roof are accentuated by the artistic filter I used to process the image.
This photograph features the working boats moored at the Peirce Island commercial fishing pier in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Prescott Park and the historic Sheafe Warehouse appear across the channel while the Memorial Bridge spans the Piscataqua River behind it. The clouds were nice and puffy this late spring day.
This is a High Dynamic Range (HDR) photograph – several bracketed exposures were combined to yield a single image with greater detail and wider tonal range. An artistic filter was also applied to give it a painterly look. Prints are available from my Etsy shop.
Dave Thompsen Photography 