Artist

Tommie Rush

born 1954
Active in
  • Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Biography

Tommie Rush began her career as an assistant to glass artist Richard Jolley. She soon became an artist in her own right and continued to share a studio with him after they married in 1988. She produces functional vessels, mainly vases and bowls, in layers of shimmery, muted colors that are sandblasted to a fine, matte surface texture.

Works by this artist (12 items)

Jacob Lawrence, The Library, 1960, tempera on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., 1969.47.24
The Library
Date1960
tempera on fiberboard
On view
Jacob Lawrence, Community (study for mural, Jamaica, NY), 1986, gouache on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, Art-in-Architecture Program, 1990.36, © 1986, Jacob Lawrence
Community (study for mural, Jamaica, NY)
Date1986
gouache on paper
Not on view
On the Way
Date1990
color lithograph on paper
Not on view