Thomas McKnight, born 1941, is an American contemporary artist best known for his sprawling, scenic paintings and prints. Since devoting himself to painting full time in 1972, McKnight\'s work has been exhibited in over four hundred one-man shows throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan, and has appeared everywhere from the cover of Reader\'s Digest to Japanese calendars. His prints have appeared in numerous movies and television shows, including Beverly Hills 90210 and When Harry Met Sally. Along with countless private and public collections, McKnight\'s work is represented in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum in New York and Washington\'s Smithsonian Institute as well as the New Britain Museum of Art in Connecticut.In 1988 McKnight\'s print Constitution was chosen as the official image of the U.S. Constitution Bicentennial. A few years later, the Clintons asked the artist to create an image for the Presidential Christmas card in 1994, in 1995, and 1996. His warm images of the White House Red, Green, and Blue Rooms at holiday time have now appeared on almost a million cards sent out worldwide from the White House.The worldwide appeal of Thomas McKnight\'s prints, paintings, and posters place him in an elite group of contemporary artists whose work can be instantly recognizable as his own. Be it a carnival in Venice, a sun-drenched street in Greece, a cozy well -furnished room, a tropical beach, or a mythological scene, McKnight\'s images invite you to experience the unfettered joy of living.