Anna Du Toit 2001
Too Much Becoming, 2025
Ballpoint Pen on paper, Oil paint on canvas, mounted on a Sapele wood frame (custom-made by Snug Woodwork)
50 x 50 x 4 cm
A central oil painting of an orchid is surrounded by dense ballpoint pen sketches, echoing roots spilling out and overtaking their container. Du Toit says 'I’m drawn to that point...
A central oil painting of an orchid is surrounded by dense ballpoint pen sketches, echoing roots spilling out and overtaking their container. Du Toit says "I’m drawn to that point where beauty tips into excess, when growth turns desperate. I start with something familiar, then let the process take over and unravel what I began with. It’s a kind of transformation that pushes beyond intention, where change no longer nurtures but begins to erase the original self."