Debi Tonge: Featured Galleries and Collections

TRAVEL INSPIRED oil paintings

creatingartmoods@yahoo.com (Debi Tonge) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Travel and cultural diversity fascinate me and I draw anincredible source of inspiration from my travel experiences. Submersing oneself in a seemingly alien culture is my research laboratory that gives me deep motivation.

I am attracted to strong features or a warm smile or glance, perhaps across a crowded market place. I try to address and transform the notions of beauty, such as beauty displayed as in strength of character.
I am constantly searching for ways to speak an element of the truth, and I believe it is important to incorporate each fragile and beautiful laughter wrinkle that frames smiling eyes.

I hope to evoke intrigue and wonder from my audience, by recreating the raw realness through my subjects glance or confronting stare. My attempts are to capture my characters with a sense of immediacy to create a snapshot of daily life- a fleeting moment in time. My goal is to allow the audience to be creative with their perception of that person’s character.

The every day illuminates my imagination with painting potentials … if only I could paint every face and every character that fascinates me – I’d have to live forever.

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AMERICAN VINTAGE oil paintings

creatingartmoods@yahoo.com (Debi Tonge) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Tonges rusting vintage vehicals are bathed often drenched in natural light, dramatic contast of shadows and shafts of sun sculpt objects they fall across.
Beams penetrate their way through back ground foliage andexpand across fields and junk yards. The warn down metals reflect the warmth ofthe day and sunrays bounce off the multitude of colors found in rusting metals.

Her oil paintings portray sweeping dramatic representations of Americas past still surviving today, objects of function yet possessions of pride that evoke stories of nostalgia.
Calm yet powerful images of American culture, her classics stand weathered and broken, deteriorating statues that have seen many a hardworking day during the 30's to 50's era now stand proud to rest becoming slightly more fragile with age.

"I want to entice viewers to take a stroll down memory lane, their first repair project to shine up. A car that frequented the drive in movies and ice cream parlors. "

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PORTRAIT oil paintings

creatingartmoods@yahoo.com (Debi Tonge) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

CONTACT DEBI TO COMMISSION A PORTRAIT

A portrait painted in oil creates an ever lasting memory and is a wonderful means of celebrating those we love.

Debi captures an authentic likeness of her subjects, infusing vitality and moods through her color pallet. Recreate the innocence of childhood, celebrate the intensity of love, beauty of a nude, or commemorate an achievement honor a deceased relative with an oil painting or pencil sketch.

Portraits are Debi’spassion. Here is the opportunity to create art that is beautiful and timeless could one day become a cherished heirloom and provide pleasure for many years to come.

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DRAWINGS

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CONTACT DEBI TO COMMISSION A PORTRAIT IN PENCIL OR CHARCOAL

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ILLUMINART ultra violet reflective

creatingartmoods@yahoo.com (Debi Tonge) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Art work that dramatically changes under ultra violet lighting

This artwork needs to be seen by the naked eye under the ultra violet lighting, as it is far more impressive than a photo reproduction.
Unfortunately the camera does not catch all the detailed texture, brushstrokes and rich colors reflections you see under the ultra violet, thus what you see on screen does not compare to the original.

"Some people come into our lives and quickly go
Some people move our souls to dance, they awaken us to a new understanding with the passing whisper of their wisdom.
Some people make the sky more beautiful to gaze upon they stay in our lifes for a while, leave footprints in our hearts, and we are never, ever the same. "

Murals and custom made art work available on commission

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MURAL

creatingartmoods@yahoo.com (Debi Tonge) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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CHILDRENS BOOK CHARACTERS

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CHILDRENS BOOK Imaginary friends

creatingartmoods@yahoo.com (Debi Tonge) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The story is about a little girl who has an imaginary friend, The young girl invites her father to a pretend tea party,
while they start to talk, the girl shares with her dad that kids tease her about her imaginary friend.
Her dad gives her confidence in that she is not the only one with an imaginary friend, and that when he was little he to had an imaginary friend when he was her age.

written by John Ornellas

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ILLUSTRATION Editorial, Adult & children's Fiction

creatingartmoods@yahoo.com (Debi Tonge) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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landscape

creatingartmoods@yahoo.com (Debi Tonge) — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:24:50 GMT

SKETCH IDEAS

creatingartmoods@yahoo.com (Debi Tonge) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:22:32 GMT

PHOTOGRAPHY Projections

creatingartmoods@yahoo.com (Debi Tonge) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Projected patterns of nature on posed naked bodies

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PHOTOGRAPHY Pin up

creatingartmoods@yahoo.com (Debi Tonge) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Recreating 1950's pin up illustrations for an all american pin up calender

I created the painted mural backdrops, costumes, set design, gave model direction and also worked on the post production work.

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