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"Knowing the Silence"

"Knowing the Silence" by Lavetta Rhinehart Price: $175 each

LAVETTA RHINEHART's work can be described as a dissertation of her own insights and realizations. The actual painting may precede the awareness of the realization and the two may seem separate until both have been completed, at which time the recognition of the initial question within the mind of Lavetta is answered both in painting and verse. Some of Lavetta's work is accompanied by a written yet empirical analysis, thus the whole action is a visual documentation of evolvement of the artist and the person.

Married to artist Charles Rhinehart, Lavetta enjoys traveling with her husband to gather new painting ideas by way of sketching trips to many states. Her paintings are enjoyed by many private and corporate collections, including the Bank of Ozark.

M. CHARLES RHINEHART's visionary works are collected nationally and internationally. They are shown in several major corporate collections, including The Pillsbury Company and Leggett and Platt. Charles is, for the most part, self-taught and has enjoyed his art profession for more than forty years. He has studied and taught himself through the works of the early American landscape painters such as Thomas Moran (his favorite painter). Other aids have been and are still the outdoor painting trips, continued study, and drawing on the location from all over the States, including Alaska, as well as British Columbia and the Yukon.

A poem he wrote best explains that which he most values:

I measure my wealth not in silver
But that you're allowing me to share it with you.
When you allow me that's where my wealth comes.

Several years ago when Mary Beth O’Reilly visited the Rhinehart Gallery in Eureka Springs she met Lavetta through her husband Charles Rhinehart. Charles and Mary Beth knew each other from living in a small town in Southeast Missouri. Mary Beth purchased the print, Knowing Silence, at that time. She and Lavetta became friends.

Shortly after the Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks began, Lavetta offered a limited, special edition print of "Knowing Silence" that are signed and numbered to the Foundation for use as an ongoing fundraiser. At that time Lavetta and Mary Beth coined the Foundation’s slogan based on the print’s title. The slogan, “Stop the Silence, Spread the Word, Breast Cancer Affects All Ages", supports the foundation’s educational approach for all men and women with the special focus on women under 40.

The painting, “Knowing Silence” has been very well received. Rhinehart is currently retaining the original work for her collection. “The work has been phenomenally popular”, she says. “It says something to most everyone who looks at it. Most people respond to it’s mystery”. To Rhinehart, the painting reflects the three attainments of the perfect balance within a person, spiritual, mental and physical.

To purchase a copy of the print call the BCFO office at 417-862-3838.