Leone Tonkinson - "01 The Silent Watcher"

01 The Silent Watcher
Oil on Board, US$ 2,986

01 The Silent Watcher

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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$ 2,986

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.

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About Leone

Leone Tonkinson is a South African-born artist based in the Netherlands, creating luminous oil paintings that unite the warmth of remembered African light with the refinement of European artistic tradition. Founder of Solar Realism, she is sought for her calm presence, depth, and timeless elegance. Through layered glazing techniques, she reveals the quiet radiance held within natural forms. For collectors in South Africa and abroad, her paintings offer more than beauty: they carry a connection to home, shaped through the prestige and cultural richness of Europe.

Price Range

US$ 380-146,771

Exhibitions

Leone Tonkinson has exhibited in both South Africa and Europe, with recurring participation in Kunst in Kootwijk in the Netherlands. Her work is collected for its calm strength, luminous presence, and distinctive meeting of African light memory with European refinement. Through Solar Realism, she creates exhibitions in which each work is given space to breathe, allowing viewers to encounter not only an image but also a felt atmosphere of beauty, memory, and belonging. Her paintings offer more than beauty: they bring home a rare meeting of South African soul and European sophistication.

Education

Formal training in architecture, art history, and classical oil

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