Leone Tonkinson - "08 Yellow Grapes I"

08 Yellow Grapes I
Oil, US$ 4,415

08 Yellow Grapes I

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Details

Oil
Oil on panel, layered glazing technique

W: 200mm x H: 300mm x D: 60mm
W: 8" x H: 12" x D: 2"

Approx. Weight: 0.578kg

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

Price

US$ 4,415

Scale

Reference

ART - LCT 21 YG

About "08 Yellow Grapes I"

This painting is a study of light observed directly.

Working from a photographic reference, the focus was on understanding how light moves through the surface of the grapes -- how it is held within the skin, softened across form, and reflected outward into the surrounding space.

Yellow pigments present a particular challenge in oil painting. They can easily become opaque or dull, losing the sense of clarity required to suggest water and translucency. In this piece, the aim was to maintain a sense of internal light, allowing each grape to hold both structure and luminosity.

Within Solar Realism, this relationship between light and form is central. The subject itself becomes secondary to the behaviour of light within it.

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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$ 381-147,168

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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