in the news: Vancouver Sun, March 17,  2001 - "BuyArt.com" "...Too many times, you see technical people trying to tell artists and dealers, how to do things,” says software engineer Richard Thompson, who has developed the Internet software package..." Vancouver Sun, November 28,  2000 - "Lower Mainland - Malcolm Parry" "...Tired of painstakingly entering Genn's work into a laptop computer...Thompson wrote and developed the software, launched it at the Toronto International Art Fair and is now reportedly doing a fire-sale business with public and private galleries in Canada..." Vancouver Magazine, June 2000 - "The Second Dot.Com-ing." "...Thompson's idea is to offer a turnkey online marketing and managment system as a way for existing small galleries to save on marketing costs. It's more than a customized website for the gallery..." Business in Vancouver, May 30 - June 5, 2000 - "Do-it-yourself online art for galleries." "...If a Web site is not updated, then it becomes a museum with people viewing works that have already been sold..." press releases: Theo Clients Jump Start Sales On-Line in First Month!, June 8, 2000 "...gallery owners are overwhelmed with the immediate response and actual resulting sales on their online gallery...." Theo Continues its Sweep of New Gallery Clients in July, July 11, 2000 "...Theo launches into July, signing a new gallery each week..." Theo Digital Gallery System Seeing Double in August, August 10, 2000 "...interest in Theo is growing across Canada as galleries begin to recognize the high quality and sophistication of The run web sites..."