Thornton Gallery first came online in 1997 when I agreed to barter a commissioned painting in exchange for a newly-constructed website. Our online presence has evolved over the years.In 1969, as agriculture was being replaced by urban expansion, my family moved to a small 30-acre farm eight miles outside Montrose, Colorado, where I developed my love for mountains, skies and wide open spaces. It was here in the Rocky Mountains where I first began landscape painting.Just like learning to read and...