Thomasin Dewhurst

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 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 \\