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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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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: Lithograph, Hand Signed, From the Edition of 175
12x12 in | 30x30 cm
Limited Edition Print: Mixed Media, Hand Signed, From the edition of 195
39x30 in | 99x76 cm
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Size: 36x48 in | 91x122 cm
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Size: 17x26 in | 43x65 cm
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Size: 40x32 in | 102x81 cm
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Limited Edition Print: Giclee on Canvas, Hand Signed, From the Edition of 375
Size: 20x10 in | 51x25 cm
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Size: 32x43 in | 81x109 cm
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Size: 26x34 in | 66x86 cm
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Size: 30x40 in | 76x102 cm
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Size: 9x7 in | 22x17 cm
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Size: 24x36 in | 61x91 cm
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Size: 18x24 in | 46x61 cm
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Size: 20x25 in | 51x64 cm
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Size: 45x37 in | 114x94 cm
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Size: 18x22 in | 46x56 cm
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Size: 37x26 in | 94x66 cm
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Size: 44x33x0 in | 112x83x0 cm
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Size: 23x20 in | 58x51 cm
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Size: 32x36 in | 82x92 cm
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Size: 28x34 in | 70x86 cm
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Size: 20x24 in | 51x61 cm
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Size: 26x34 in | 66x86 cm
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Size: 31x23x1 in | 79x58x3 cm
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Size: 36x44 in | 90x112 cm
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Size: 30x50 in | 76x127 cm
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