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Isabelle du Toit, White Bellies, 2020

Isabelle du Toit

White Bellies, 2020

oil on canvas

16h x 12w in

IDT075

Isabelle du Toit, Three Blues, 2020

Isabelle du Toit

Three Blues, 2020

oil on canvas

20h x 16w in

IDT068

Isabelle du Toit, Chipmunk and Mouse, 2020

Isabelle du Toit

Chipmunk and Mouse, 2020

oil on canvas

9h x 12w in

IDT071

Isabelle du Toit, Little Chorus, 2020

Isabelle du Toit

Little Chorus, 2020

oil on canvas

12h x 16w in

IDT066

Isabelle du Toit, Casual Chat, 2020

Isabelle du Toit

Casual Chat, 2020

oil on canvas

9h x 12w in

IDT072

Isabelle du Toit, Blue, Yellow, Red, 2020

Isabelle du Toit

Blue, Yellow, Red, 2020

oil on canvas

20h x 24w in

IDT067

Isabelle du Toit, Blue-headed Vireo, 2020

Isabelle du Toit

Blue-headed Vireo, 2020

oil on canvas

9h x 12w in

IDT076

Isabelle du Toit, Yellow Rumped Warbler, 2020

Isabelle du Toit

Yellow Rumped Warbler, 2020

oil on canvas

9h x 12w in

IDT074

Isabelle du Toit, Rouge-gorge, 2020

Isabelle du Toit

Rouge-gorge, 2020

oil on canvas

9h x 12w in

IDT077

Isabelle du Toit, Verdin, 2020

Isabelle du Toit

Verdin, 2020

oil on canvas

9h x 12w in

IDT073

Isabelle du Toit, Vermillion Flycatcher, 2020

Isabelle du Toit

Vermillion Flycatcher, 2020

oil on canvas

9h x 12w in

IDT070

Isabelle du Toit, Yellowthroat, 2020

Isabelle du Toit

Yellowthroat, 2020

oil on canvas

12h x 9w in

IDT069

Press Release

Cris Worley Fine Arts is proud to present our third solo exhibition with Isabelle du Toit, featuring new works of oil on canvas. Diversity opens Saturday, April 11th as an online exhibition.

Isabelle du Toit’s practice draws upon themes from society’s conscientiousness in relation to human impact on the environment and its voiceless inhabitants. In her new body of work, du Toit employs her signature expressive realism to depict small mammals and brilliant birds as a commentary on the beauty of diversity in nature. Du Toit reverently paints her subjects life-sized with a high level of intricacy and a keen sense for chiaroscuro. In effect, each species is highlighted against a minimal backdrop of black, creating an ominous sense of isolation that touches on man’s attempt at deviating from the natural diversity of the environment.

 

Says du Toit, “There is nothing in the world that teaches us the importance and beauty of diversity more than animals and plants… I would like this idea to open up the possibility of taking what nature shows us and looking at it from a broader spectrum. Diversity brings us to acceptance of the “different,” the “unusual”.” 

Isabelle du Toit was born in Strasbourg, France and moved to South Africa with her family as a teenager. There, she received a Bachelor of Fine Art in Printmaking from Nelson Mandela University. She moved to Texas in the mid 1990’s where she lived and worked for over 10 years and now resides with her husband on the coast in South Florida. In 2016, she was a finalist for the BP Portrait competition at the National Portrait Gallery in London. Du Toit’s work has exhibited nationally in Texas, California, Chicago, New York, Colorado, Seattle, and Florida, among others. Internationally, her work has been shown in London and Panama City, Panama.

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