Isabelle Du Toit
Archives | Biography | Statement
| Isabelle du Toit’s meticulous depictions of mostly solitary animals ask the viewer to consider the plight of nature in the face of man's encroachment. She uses a minimalist approach as a re-action to the bombardment of useless and meaningless images and noise generated by the media. | |
| She brings order and calm to reflect on what is really important and meaningful in life, where realism and simplicity have a direct link to truth and honesty. | |
| Her aim is not to harass the viewer, nor does she want to state the obvious threat to the animal’s habitat destruction too blatantly. She makes her point subtly and quietly in the hope that the lack of aggression that is normally linked to that subject will give pause for a deeper kind of reflection and solution to the problem. | |
| The contrast of what could only be man made cold structures or constructions and the soft warm organic shape of animals is a reflection on the increasingly isolated and selfish life that modern society has created. | |
| The artist signs her work ‘Rouaud’ in memory of her grandmother. | |