Toni De Faoite is the great-granddaughter of James Harnett-Parish, a
Royal Portrait Artist.  She has exhibited in the UK and Ireland.  She has
private collectors in Ireland, America and the UK.  Toni was taught to
appreciate and express herself artistically by her Grandfather, who produced
many beautiful landscapes.  She was born in England, but now resides in
North Kerry by the Shannon River, where she finds unending inspiration in the
many varied landscapes of Kerry.

Toni always takes her first look at any scene briefly, so that the minimum of
detail and maximum of colour form the basis of the painting she intends to
develop.  When the preliminary sensation has been captured she is then seeing
it from a whole new perspective, in clarity, which is then overlaid onto the
original design.  For example, a shaft of light struck the Torc waterfall in
such a way that the water appeared pure white, and the rest of the painting
was created around that first image.  She enjoys the use of vibrant colour to
express the living essence of the scenes she encounters.

Toni also likes to work with fantasy and mythological imagery sometimes
combining these with an existing landscape.  Some of her private collectors
delight in presenting her with challenging commissions of this nature.
She hopes that you will find within her paintings the sense of fun and wonder
that she herself felt whilst creating them.

All paintings shown are available for sale, and Toni welcomes commissions.
For further information contact tansy_2@hotmail.com