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Artist, Rhett Thurman, has lived in and painted the
Charleston area for over three decades.
She received her degree in Studio Art from Queens College and in
1995 was named "outstanding alumna" of the year.
Rhett's canvases are easily recognized by collectors for their
extraordinarily bright palette of colors and loose impressionistic
style. The artist says,
"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 spin of light,
color, and relationships of people, places, and things."
There is a visible and vibrant joyfulness of life
that permeates all of Rhett's work.
The viewer is immediately drawn into her world, senses heightened
by the bold, broad brushstrokes of color.
Rhett says of her work, "In lieu of attempting to say
something aesthetically profound, I would simply say that for as long as
I can remember, I have been on an art quest.
I am intrigued by dazzling light, what it does to color, and the
contours on which it falls, particularly when involving the human form.
So my quest has become to interpret that in a way that is
personal, uncontrived, and hospitable."
In addition to being a faculty member for the Studio
Art Program for the Gibbes Museum, she is a member of the American and
National Watercolor Societies.
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"Bend in Church Street"
Oil on linen 9" x 12"
$1.350 |
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"Market Street Blues"
Oil on linen 14" x 18"
$2,200 |
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"Poetry in Motion"
Oil on linen 24" x 36"
$4,900 |
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"Bathers II"
Oil on linen 20" x 16"
$2,400 |
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"Chalmers Street, May"
Oil on linen 12" x 9"
$1,350 |
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"Archdale in May"
Oil on linen 10" x 8"
$1,200 |
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"Ansonborough in April"
Oil on linen 20" x 30"
$3,900 |
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"Fulton Street Spring"
Oil on linen 12" x 9"
$1,350 |
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"St. Michaels Alley"
Oil on linen 16" x 20"
$2,400 |
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"Incandescence"
Oil on linen 24" x 36"
$4,900 |
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"Guru"
Oil 16" x 12"
$1,850 |
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"Little
Mermaids II"
Oil 12" x 12"
$1,650 |
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| "Fruit
of the Vine"
Oil 28" x 22"
$4,000
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"True
Colors"
Oil 20" x 30"
$3,900 |
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| "Eva and Friends"
Oil 16" x 14"
$1,850.
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"Parasol"
Oil 30" x 20"
$3,900.
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"Tuscan Sunset"
Oil 20" x 30"
$3,900. |
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"Tuscan Lace"
Oil 9" x
12"
$1,350 |
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"Chimayo"
Oil 20" x 20"
$2,600. |
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"Last Tango in
Paris"
Oil 36" x
24"
$4,900. |
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"Valpara"
Oil 9" x
12"
$1,350. |
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"Evensong"
Oil 36" x 48"
$7,800 |
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"Farmers
Market"
Oil 12" X 16"
$1,850. |
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"Charleston
Welcome"
Oil 6" x 8"
$1,000. |
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"Study of Nakia"
Oil 14" X 18"
$2,200. |
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"Cornucopia"
Oil 22" x 28"
$4,000. |
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"San Gimignano"
Oil 36" x 36"
$6,400
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"In From The
Fields"
Oil
40" x 30"
$6,000. |
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"Dappled Light"
Oil 9" x 12"
$1,250 |
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"Lobster Stew
III"
Oil 12" x 16"
$1,850.
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"Ranch
Barns"
Oil 12" x 24"
$2,300 |
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"The Red
Bandeau"
Oil 18" x 24"
$2,800. |
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"Johns Island
Jewels"
Oil 6" x
8"
$1,000 |
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"Palmetto
Roses"
Oil 24" x
24"
$3,750.
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"Montana Morning"
Oil 8" x 10"
$1,200 |
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"Bernard Bouys"
Oil 8" x
10"
$1,200 |
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"Santa Fe Lights"
Oil 12" x 16"
$1,850. |
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"Folly Beach II"
Oil 8" X 10"
$1,200. |
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