Ashton Thornhill

Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, raised in Washington DC and Dallas, Ashton has lived the majority of his life in the Southwest regions of Texas and New Mexico. The rural environment has become Ashton’s chosen way of life. In 1979 he was hired to  head the Photocommunications program at Texas Tech University. Ashton retired Professor Emeritus in 2006. Since that time, he has actively engaged in creating work that shares the magic and beauty of the Southwest.

A selection of solo exhibits include: Into the Darkness - Phillips Goff Gallery - Odessa College, Odessa, TX, Texas Noir - The Grace Museum - Abilene, TX, Dialogues with the Staked Plains - South Plains College Fine Arts Department - Levelland , TX, Fine Arts Gallery- Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX.

Ashton’s photographs are in the permanent collections of the Grace Museum, Abilene, TX, The Strathmore Mansion, Bethesda, MD, the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas - Austin, the Lea County Museum in Lovington, NM and the Southwest Collection: Texas Tech University, as well as many private collections. The Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University, in Lubbock, TX. will house Ashton’s photographic archives.