Leone Tonkinson - "01 The Silent Watcher"

01 The Silent Watcher
Oil on Board, US$ 2,870

01 The Silent Watcher

Send as an eCard!

Details

Oil on Board
Oil on panel, layered glazing technique

W: 200mm x H: 200mm x D: 60mm
W: 8" x H: 8" x D: 2"

Approx. Weight: 0.438kg

This work is framed (but can be supplied either framed or unframed)

Price

US$ 2,870

Scale

Reference

ART LCT 318 RF

About "01 The Silent Watcher"

The Silent Watcher is a small work centred on stillness and attention.

The fox is presented without movement, held within a moment of quiet awareness. There is no action, no narrative progression -- only a steady gaze that suggests both presence and distance at the same time.

What defines this piece is not scale, but focus. The reduced format brings the viewer closer, allowing subtle shifts in expression and surface to become more apparent. The animal is neither approaching nor retreating. It remains, observing.

In Solar Realism, this kind of stillness is essential. The work is not built around description, but around the relationship between light, structure, and perception. Here, that relationship is contained within a small field, where nothing is exaggerated and nothing is resolved.

The original oil painting is available.

Leone Tonkinson

Tweet I love this art!

Share on Facebook

Share on Pinterest

View all 32 works by Leone Tonkinson

About Leone

Leone Tonkinson is a Dutch-based oil painter and founder of Solar Realism, a painting approach rooted in the observation of structural light and contained luminosity. Her work draws from South African light memory and European still life traditions, focusing on quiet presence, relational tension, and the internal life of form. Through layered glazing techniques, she reveals depth, atmosphere, and the subtle intelligence within natural subjects.

Price Range

US$ 365-141,070

Exhibitions

Leone Tonkinson has exhibited her work in both South Africa and Europe, including recurring participation in Kunst in Kootwijk in the Netherlands. She presents her work within the context of Solar Realism, often alongside selected collaborators. Her exhibitions focus on creating calm, cohesive viewing environments where individual works are given space to engage the viewer through light, structure, and presence.

Education

Formal training in architecture, art history, and classical oil

People who chose Leone's work also chose work by:

Find other:

Works > Artists > Leone Tonkinson
Works > Category > Paintings
Works > Subject > Animals & Wildlife Art
Works > Keywords > alert
Works > Keywords > animal
Works > Keywords > awareness
Works > Keywords > brown
Works > Keywords > calm
Works > Keywords > close up
Works > Keywords > expression
Works > Keywords > eye
Works > Keywords > forest
Works > Keywords > fox
Works > Keywords > fur
Works > Keywords > gaze
Works > Keywords > instinct
Works > Keywords > nature
Works > Keywords > portrait
Works > Keywords > presence
Works > Keywords > quiet
Works > Keywords > red
Works > Keywords > stillness
Works > Keywords > wild
Works > Keywords > wildlife

Help! I've forgotten my password!