Isabelle du Toit
Truce
November 18 – December 30, 2017
Isabelle du Toit
Scrub Jays, 2019
oil on canvas
16h x 20w in
IDT062
Isabelle du Toit
Bananaquit, 2018
oil on canvas
9h x 12w in
IDT060
Isabelle du Toit
Purple Honeycreeper, 2018
oil on canvas
9h x 12w in
IDT061
Isabelle du Toit
Siberian Rubythroat, 2017
oil on canvas
12h x 12w in
IDT055
Isabelle du Toit
Snails and Ibis, 2017
oil on canvas
20h x 16w in
IDT043
Isabelle du Toit
Heron and Toads, 2017
oil on canvas
44h x 56w in
IDT050
Isabelle du Toit
Markhor and Snow Leopard, 2017
oil on canvas
76h x 66w in
IDT042
Isabelle du Toit
Wolf and Fox, 2017
oil on canvas
48h x 66w in
IDT041
Isabelle du Toit
Killdeers, 2017
oil on canvas
24h x 30w in
IDT040
Isabelle du Toit
House Finch No.1, 2018
oil on canvas
9h x 12w x 1.50d in
IDT049
Isabelle du Toit
House Finch No.2, 2018
oil on canvas
9h x 12w x 1.50d in
IDT059
Isabelle du Toit
Conservation II, 2016
oil on canvas
48h x 72w in
IDT033
Isabelle du Toit
Mouse, 2014
oil on canvas
10h x 10w in
IDT026
Isabelle du Toit
Chick I, 2011
oil on canvas
12h x 12w in
IDT012
Isabelle du Toit: Truce
November 18 – December 30, 2017
Isabelle du Toit: Truce
November 18 – December 30, 2017
Isabelle du Toit: Truce
November 18 – December 30, 2017
Isabelle du Toit: Truce
November 18 – December 30, 2017
Isabelle du Toit b. 1972 - Deeply involved in wildlife conservation, Isabelle du Toit explores a narrative based on our manmade world of today and how it has affected the stability of an ecosystem that existed long before it. Her finely detailed oil paintings of birds, insects, and mammals found on stark, deep backgrounds that enhance the isolation and the loneliness of these creatures. The ever-present spotlight on her subjects both illuminates the beauty of every feather and hair’s detail, yet simultaneously alludes to an impending sense of encroachment.
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-1990s where she lived and worked for over 10 years and now resides with her husband on the coast in South Florida. 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.