Rhett Thurman grew up in the tiny hamlet of Gramling, South Carolina at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains.  “It was the ideal way to start life,” she says, “surrounded by loving, caring, high expectation people and beautiful scenery.”  She has lived in Charleston, South Carolina since 1970 where she has painted her entire adult life.

 Her work has achieved national acclaim for both oils and watercolors, winning awards from New York to California.  She has exhibited with the prestigious American and National Watercolor Societies, and The Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club of New York.  Her work has been featured in national publications and is included in private, museum and corporate collections.

 She is the recipient of the 1995 Outstanding Alumna Award from Queens College in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she earned her degree in Studio Art.  Her education and painting experience include further study in Europe and the United States.

 She has served as president of South Carolina Watercolor Society, was a long standing faculty member with the Gibbes Art Museum and the Artist in Residence for their Poet and Painters series.  She has taught workshops internationally.

 In bold palette, her work offers an intimate glimpse at her life experiences.  “Whether painting at home or abroad, a complicated sidewalk café or a simple slice of melon, my quest remains the same:  pushing past what I’ve done before for a fresh look at light, color, and shapes, and in a way that is personal and uncontrived.” 

“Incandescence”
(3 Indian Women)
Oil on Canvas  12” x 12”
$1,850
 

“The Lost Dog Café”
(The Chef)

Oil on Wooden Block
6” x 6” x 1-1/2"
$530

“The Last Time I Saw Paris, IV”
Oil on Canvas    20” x 30”
$4,400

“Second Sunday, II”
Oil on Canvas    18” x 24”
$3,150

“The Academie”
Oil on Canvas     24” x 36”
$5,400

“Lee Lee's Hot Kitchen”
Oil on Canvas      20” x 30”
$4,400

“Chinatown”
Oil on Canvas      24” x 30”
$4,800

“Little Italy”
Oil on Canvas    20” x 30”
$4,400

“Charleston Welcome”
Oil on Canvas    6” x 8”
$1,050

“Wyoming Sunflowers, II”
9” x 12”    Oil  
$1,500

“Ranch Lane”
9” x 12”    Oil  
$1,500

“Slice of Light”
12” x 9”    Oil  
$1,500

“Spring Incandescent”
Oil on Canvas    16” x 16”
$2,450

"Guarena, Italy"
Field Study
Oil on Canvas board    10" x 8"
$1300

"The Dollmaker"
Field Study
Oil on Canvas board    12" x 9" 
$1,500

"San Miguel Dollmakers"
Field Study
Oil on Canvas board    12" x 12" 
$1,850

"Mending the Nets"
Oil on Canvas    24" x 48" 
$6,400

"Paris Adieu"
Oil on Canvas    24" x 36" 
$5,400

"Looking Back Across Time"
Oil on Canvas    30" x 40" 
$6,700

"All Arms and Legs"
Oil     30" x 36"
$6,300

"King Street Sketch"
Oil on Wood    8" x 10"
$1,300

"Wyoming Window"
Oil on Canvas     40" x 30"
$6,700

"Coffee Pickers"
Oil    18" x 24"
$3,150

"Indian Dancer 1"
 Oil      12" x 9"
 $1,500

"Indian Dancer 3"
 Oil      12" x 9"
  $1,500

"Victorian Study"
 Oil      20" x 16"
 $2,750 

"Card Game"
 Oil       24" x 12"
 $2,550

"Beautiful Light"
Oil     18" x 14"
 $2,450