By Carla Jasper — Student of Tonkinson Art Masters
“Through the Eyes of My Father” is a deeply personal tribute from Carla Jasper to her late father, a photographer whose way of seeing taught her to notice the quiet poetry in everyday objects. By choosing to paint one of his favourite photographs, she steps into his perspective — not to imitate, but to honour and transform it.
The result is a meticulously rendered glass still life, where transparency becomes memory and reflection becomes legacy. Every subtle shift of light and shadow is captured with classical discipline, yet the painting breathes with contemporary sensitivity. The soft tonal transitions, the deliberate distortion of the nested glass forms, and the meditative atmosphere all echo the idea of looking inward through layered time.
This work stands as a symbolic conversation between father and daughter — his lens, her brush — meeting in a moment of shared vision.
Over de Kunstenaar — Leone Tonkinson
De artistieke reis van Leone Tonkinson heeft altijd het pad van het licht gevolgd. Geboren onder de open hemel van Zuid-Afrika en nu schilderend in Nederland, verkent haar werk de stille dialoog tussen licht en vorm — een benadering die zij Solar Realism noemt.
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