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Gwen Toomalatai
Gwen Toomalatai
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Art Brokerage: Gwen Toomalatai American Artist: The luminous quality of Toomalatai's paintings is accomplished by a series of meticulous steps. She uses birch plywood, rather than canvas as her base because the rigidity of the boards suits her technique of adding and removing layers of paint. Initially, each board is covered with an oil base that is applied by knife. This provides the texture to Toomalatai's work. The shine derives from her use of layers of paint and a glaze medium that she developed herself. The purity to the hues in Toomalatai's images is the result of the artist not mixing colors together. She applies a layer of paint mixed with glaze to the wood, and then wipes back or sands down that layer, before applying the next layer of paint and glaze. Keeping the colors pure means that each layer remains rich and clear. Light travels through each layer, hits the white base, and then reflects and refracts back through the image to the viewer. The evolution of this technique was spurred by Toomalatai's study and appreciation of 17th century northern European painters, most notably Rembrandt and Jan van Eyck. Rembrandt's manipulation of light and shadow, and the glowing quality to van Eyck's paintings, prompted Toomalatai to explore pure pigments and different surfaces to paint on. After considerable experimentation, she arrived at the methods she employs in her art to this day. Each luminous masterpiece by artist Gwen Peine Toomalatai engages the senses. Viewers are treated to a delightful visual experience, and gain a deeper appreciation of the sacred aspects of the natural world. Toomalatai's paintings are a discovery of the sacred both within and without. Listings wanted.
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Limited Edition Print: Lithograph, Hand Signed, From the Edition of 175
12x12 in | 30x30 cm
Original Painting: Oil on Wood, Hand Signed
24x24 in | 61x61 cm
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Original Painting: Oil on Wood, Hand Signed
24x38 in | 61x97 cm
Limited Edition Print: Mixed Media, Hand Signed, From the edition of 195
39x30 in | 99x76 cm
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Limited Edition Print: Serigraph, Hand Signed, From the edition of 50
Size: 38x29 in | 97x74 cm
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Size: 30x50 in | 76x127 cm
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Limited Edition Print: Embellished Serigraph, Hand Signed, From the Edition of 75
Size: 18x23 in | 44x58 cm
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Limited Edition Print: Hand-pulled Mezzotint on Paper, Hand Signed, From the edition of 150
Size: 30x43 in | 76x108 cm
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Limited Edition Print: Serigraph, Hand Signed, From the AP Edition of 85
Size: 12x26 in | 30x67 cm
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Limited Edition Print: Lithograph on Japon, Hand Signed, From the edition of 250
Size: 36x27 in | 90x67 cm
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Size: 46x33 in | 117x84 cm
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Size: 22x16 in | 56x41 cm
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Size: 24x48 in | 61x122 cm
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Size: 11x14 in | 27x34 cm
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Limited Edition Print: Serigraph on Canvas, Hand Signed, From the Edition of 250
Size: 38x50 in | 97x126 cm
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Limited Edition Print: Serigraph, Hand Signed, From the edition of 300
Size: 33x45 in | 84x114 cm
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Size: 35x24 in | 90x61 cm
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Size: 51x41 in | 130x104 cm
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Size: 28x28 in | 71x71 cm
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Size: 30x36 in | 76x91 cm
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Size: 30x18 in | 76x46 cm
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Size: 20x24 in | 51x61 cm
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