Leone Tonkinson - "05 The Watchful Hare"

05 The Watchful Hare
Oil on Board, US$ 8,576

05 The Watchful Hare

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Details

Oil on Board
Oil on panel, layered glazing technique

W: 300mm x H: 400mm x D: 50mm
W: 12" x H: 16" x D: 2"

Approx. Weight: 1.123kg

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

Price

US$ 8,576

Scale

Reference

ART - LCT 18 WH

About "05 The Watchful Hare"

This work began with a moment of encounter.

While cycling through the nature reserve, I came across a hare standing still in the field. It was alert, aware, and clearly scanning for danger -- yet there was something in its expression that extended beyond instinct. The gaze held a kind of presence that felt difficult to define, as if something more than reaction was taking place.

I painted this piece in an attempt to understand that moment more clearly. Rather than resolving the question, the process seemed to deepen it. The expression remains suspended somewhere between awareness and reflection -- a state that feels both immediate and unknowable.

In Solar Realism, I focus on how light and structure reveal the internal life of a subject. Here, the attention rests not only on the physical form, but on the subtle tension within the animal's gaze -- the space where instinct, perception, and presence meet.

The work invites a quiet pause. Not to explain the animal, but to remain with it.

Leone Tonkinson

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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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