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Feminine and Fierce

Photograph of Charlene du Toit in front of a store display of her artwork. Charlene is viewed from the knees up. She is wearing a multi-coloured blazer and is holding a decorative pillow with an image of her artwork printed on it. Charlene has red and black hair, is a white woman, is wearing large u shaped earrings and has a large smiles.

A solo online exhibition by Charlene Du Toit.

To purchase any artwork please contact Jenel Shaw at info@aanm.ca

Artist Bio:

Charlene du Toit is a mixed media artist who presents healing art through storytelling. She uses paper, paint and collage to express herself and her ideas. Charlene is a self-taught artist who was born and raised in South Africa and moved to Winnipeg in 2016 where she now lives her creative life daily.

The inspiration behind the Feminine and Fierce Collection:

Imagine for a moment that the ‘glass ceiling’ could be dissolved by women who understand, embrace, and celebrate being powerfully Feminine and Fierce all at once…

The magnificent truth is our femininity holds a timeless power. We must step back into it, not away from it, to realize our most heroic and joy-filled lives.

Femininity is our deepest source of inner strength and resilience, not a weakness.

Femininity is our inherent power, not our insufficiency.

Fierceness is the imperative edge we must acquire to perform with unapologetic certainty in our life.

The moment has come to step out of your box and dare more by choosing YOU!

Dare more to be truthfully you by reconnecting to what you have sacrificed for so long, the woman in you who is painfully needing to come out …

the feminine part of you who screams to fuse the fierce warrior within!

Feminine and Fierce

Painting of a woman from the shoulders up with white skin, long straight blond hair, bold brown eyebrows, large brown eyes, red cheeks and large red lips. She is wearing large earrings of two circles stacked on the other with a larger circle on the bottom. In the background, there is a collage of coloured and patterned paper. Most of the paper is white, brown and pink.
A Different Beautiful, 2021, Wood canvas, collage paper and acrylic paint, 8×10 inches, $200
Painting of a woman from the shoulders up with white skin, long blond hair pulled back in a low bun, bold brown eyebrows, large blue eyes, pink cheeks and pink lips. She is wearing large earrings of two half circles stacked between a large U-shaped piece . In the background, there is a collage of coloured and patterned paper. The paper is white, brown, blue and pink.
Brave, 2021, Wood canvas, collage paper and acrylic paint, 8×10 inches, $200
Self portrait of Charlene du Toit from the shoulders up. She has white skin, mid-length red and black, bold brown eyebrows, light blue eyes, pink cheeks and pink lips. In the background, there is a collage of coloured and patterned paper. The paper is white, yellow, blue and brown.
Fierce Enough, 2021, Wood canvas, collage paper and acrylic paint, 11×14 inches, $385
Painting of a woman from the shoulders up with white skin, long straight black hair and a yellow and white headband, bold black eyebrows, large blue eyes, red cheeks and red lips. In the background, there is a collage of coloured and patterned paper. The paper is white, yellow, blue and brown.
Fire , 2021, Wood canvas, collage paper and acrylic paint, 10×12 inches, $300
Painting of a woman from the shoulders up with white skin, long straight brown, bold brown eyebrows, large blue eyes, pink cheeks and coral lips. She is wearing large earrings of two half circles above a large U-shaped piece. In the background, there is a collage of coloured and patterned paper that has been painted over with pinks and whites. The paper is blue, yellow and pink.
Gentle And Fierce, 2021, Wood canvas, collage paper and acrylic paint, 10×12 inches, $300
Painting of a woman from the shoulders up with white skin, long black hair wrapped up in a dark green bandana, bold black eyebrows, large brown eyes, pink cheeks and coral lips. She is wearing large earrings of three circles stacked on top of each other. In the background, there is a collage of coloured and patterned paper. The paper is blue, yellow, green and pink.
She Is A Queen, 2021, Wood canvas, collage paper and acrylic paint, 10×12 inches, $300
Painting of a woman from the shoulders up with white skin, black hair pulled back behind her head, bold black eyebrows, large blue eyes, red cheeks and red lips. She is wearing large earrings which are black circles with white dashes on them. In the background, there is a collage of coloured and patterned paper. The paper is blue, yellow, red and white.
She Is Rising, 2021, Wood canvas, collage paper and acrylic paint, 8×8 inches, $160
Painting of a woman from the shoulders up with light brown skin skin, brown hair pulled back into a bun on the right side of her head, bold brown eyebrows, large brown and green eyes, pink cheeks and pink lips. She is wearing large earrings which are a circle above a larger half circle. The earrings are yellow with white lines on them. In the background, there is a collage of coloured and patterned paper. The paper is green, red and white.
Survivor, 2021, Wood canvas, collage paper and acrylic paint, 8×10 inches, $200
Painting of a woman from the shoulders up with white skin, black hair pulled back and a red headband, bold brown eyebrows, large blue eyes, red cheeks and red lips. She is wearing large earrings which are two semi circles stacked with a half circle in-between. The earrings are red with small holes in them. In the background, there is a collage of coloured and patterned paper. The paper blue, red, yellow and white.
The Gift, 2021, Wood canvas, collage paper and acrylic paint, 11×14 inches, $385
Painting of a woman from the shoulders up with white skin, black hair pulled back and a red and blue headwrap, brown eyebrows, large blue eyes, pink cheeks and pink lips. She is wearing large earrings which are a small circle above a rainbow shape. The earrings are stripped white, red, green and brown. In the background, there is a collage of coloured and patterned paper. The paper pink, brown, and grey.
This Woman Is You, 2021, Wood canvas, collage paper and acrylic paint, 8×8 inches, $160
Painting of a woman from the shoulders up with white skin, long straight black hair, bold black eyebrows, large black eyes, pink cheeks and pink lips. She is wearing large earrings which are two blue semi-circles. In the background, there is a collage of coloured and patterned paper. The paper is red, blue, and yellow.
Unbreakable, 2021, Wood canvas, collage paper and acrylic paint, 8×8 inches, $160
Painting of a woman from the shoulders up with white skin, brown hair pulled back into a bun with a headwrap, brown eyebrows, large brown eyes, pink cheeks and pink lips. She is wearing large earrings which are two red and gold semi-circles below a small red circle. In the background, there is a collage of coloured and patterned paper. The paper red, pink, and orange.
Warrior, 2021, Wood canvas, collage paper and acrylic paint, 8X8 Inches , $160
Painting of a woman from the shoulders up with light brown skin, brown hair pulled back into a bun on the top of her head with a blue headband with a bow, brown eyebrows, large blue eyes, pink cheeks and pink lips. In the background, there is a collage of coloured and patterned paper. The paper pink, grey and orange.
Warrior Strength, 2021, Wood canvas, collage paper and acrylic paint, 12×16 inches, $480
Painting of a woman from the shoulders up with white skin, short brown hair with a yellow and cheetah patterned headband, bold brown eyebrows, large light green eyes, pink cheeks and red lips. In the background, there is a collage of coloured and patterned paper and a ruler. The paper pink, grey and blue.
Wild Soul, 2021, Wood canvas, collage paper and acrylic paint, 11×14 inches, $385

3 Comments

  2. Sandy Rubinfeld

    Wow, I love these! I love the painting style, the colours, the various styles of women, and the great earrings that many of them are rocking! (You could easily be an earrings designer, btw!) I love them all, but especially “Fierce Enough”. (I used to sport red-madder hair like that, but now, it is silver).

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