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Thomasin Dewhurst

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I paint figurative work in a representative and somewhat expressive style. I was educated at Rhodes University in South Africa where I received a BFA (distinction in painting). My education there was a…

Artist

Thomasin Dewhurst

About

EDUCATION

1997 - 1999 University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa M.A.F.A (cum laude)

Painting

Theory of Art (Full Thesis)

1991 - 1994 Rhodes University, South Africa B.A.F.A (double first - third year; distinction - honours year)

Painting

History of Art

ACHIEVEMENTS

Finalist (Manifest Gallery, U.S.A.)

Finalist (2009 \\

Artist statement

I paint figurative work in a representative and somewhat expressive style. I was educated at Rhodes University in South Africa where I received a BFA (distinction in painting). My education there was a traditional one, with the emphasis on drawing and working from life. However, the pushing forward of painterly boundaries was also very much encouraged.

After leaving Rhodes University, I went on to complete an MFA (cum laude) at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. My thesis was entitled “Tactility, Illusionism and the Depiction of Flesh in Selected Contemporary Painting”. Focusing on the work of Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, I discussed how painting that gives an illusion of external reality can often induce

Works

Selected works

5 works

Emergence 1
Emergence 1oil on board · 30 x 40
Figure and Backdrop
Figure and Backdropoil on canvas · 40 x 30
Orator
Orator
South African Woman
South African Womanoil on canvas · 30 x 40
Woman Inhaling
Woman Inhalingoil on canvas · 31 x 32

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Exhibition history

1 exhibition