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dwellings, which Thompson filled
with collectibles. In spite of his beautiful
objects, the house itself had an
enviable sense of calm for which the
Nebletts had searched the globe.
“I spent a lot of my life traveling
overseas on business,” Mort says.
Using Thompson’s Bangkok house
as a model, Mort adds, “Kevin did
exactly what we asked him to do.”
Judy explains, “We like to entertain,
so we had to have a dining room, and
Mort has ducks, so we had to have a
duck room, so that’s how it evolved.”
Having owned a gallery for a short
while, Judy, a former art history
major, says she and Mort have collected
art forever. “Everything we have
means a lot to us and our life,” she
says. “We’ve been married for almost
46 years, so we’ve really collected for a
long time.”
The Nebletts also possess an
unbridled reverence for place. From
his early days as a Wilmingtonian
and a Wrightsville Beach boy, and
her childhood spent in Pennsylvania’s
Brandywine River region, the Nebletts
honored the natural setting.