Isabelle du Toit
Snail and Amanita, 2024
oil on canvas
9h x 12w in
IDT115
Isabelle du Toit
Mouse, 2014
oil on canvas
10h x 10w in
IDT026
Isabelle du Toit
Mouse in Branch, 2024
oil on canvas
12h x 16w in
IDT110
Isabelle du Toit
Conservation II, 2016
oil on canvas
48h x 72w in
IDT033
Isabelle du Toit
Mouse, 2023
oil on canvas
9h x 12w in
IDT102
Isabelle du Toit
Wolf and Fox, 2017
oil on canvas
48h x 66w in
IDT041
Isabelle du Toit
Markhor and Snow Leopard, 2017
oil on canvas
76h x 66w in
IDT042
Isabelle du Toit
House Finches, 2017
fiber tip pen on paper
9h x 12w in
IDT053
Isabelle du Toit
Cerulean Warbler, 2015
ink on archival paper
9h x 12w in
IDT032
Isabelle du Toit
Mouse, 2014
ink on archival paper
4h x 6w in
IDT024
Isabelle du Toit
Tree Frogs, 2023
oil on canvas
16h x 20w in
IDT103
Isabelle du Toit
Sunlit Ensemble, 2024
oil on canvas
24h x 30w in
IDT112
Isabelle du Toit
Blue Grosbeaks, 2024
oil on canvas
16h x 20w in
IDT111
Isabelle du Toit
Royal Flycatcher, 2023
oil on canvas
24h x 30w in
IDT109
Isabelle du Toit
Frog with Mushroom, 2023
oil on canvas
9h x 12w in
IDT108
Isabelle du Toit
Screech Owl, 2023
oil on canvas
16h x 20w in
IDT107
Isabelle du Toit
Little Kingfisher, 2023
oil on canvas
9h x 12w in
IDT106
Isabelle du Toit
Cerulean Warblers, 2023
oil on canvas
24h x 20w in
IDT105
Isabelle du Toit
Mesia, 2023
oil on canvas
24h x 30w in
IDT104
Isabelle du Toit
Frog on Mushroom, 2021
oil on canvas
8h x 10w in
IDT097
Isabelle du Toit
Warbler Medley, 2020
oil on canvas
12h x 16w in
IDT100
Isabelle du Toit
Amanita Acorn and Blue Mouse, 2022
oil on canvas
9h x 12w in
IDT099
Isabelle du Toit
Orange-breasted Bunting, 2021
oil on linen
9h x 12w in
IDT095
Isabelle du Toit
Painted Bunting, 2021
oil on linen
9h x 12w in
IDT094
Isabelle du Toit
Rose-belllied Bunting, 2021
oil on canvas
9h x 12w in
IDT093
Isabelle du Toit
Blue, Yellow, Red, 2020
oil on canvas
20h x 24w in
IDT067
Isabelle du Toit
Red Warblers and Amanitas, 2021
oil on canvas
12h x 16w in
IDT096
Isabelle du Toit
Little Chorus, 2020
oil on canvas
12h x 16w in
IDT066
Isabelle du Toit
Blue Wood Mouse, 2020
oil on canvas
12h x 16w in
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. In 2016 and 2020 the artist was a finalist in the BP Portrait Competition. 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.