DANIEL DU PLESSIS

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Gallery 2: Facts of Life

Oil painting. Large, Gothic black frame. Oval insert with skeletal hands reaching to each other.

Miss me, miss me, miss me, 2010

oil on panel 

with apoxy clay, found objects, and polymer clay

49 x 38 x 4 ½ inches 

Detail of oil painting. Skeletal hands with pearls. Pearls are symbol of Venus, Love

Miss me, miss me, miss me (detail).

Oil painting. Hand holding bird's nest. Elaborate artist's frame. Night sky background.

And we can take, but…, 2008

oil on panel

with apoxy clay, found objects, mixed media and polymer clay

31 x 26 ½ x 3 inches

Detail of oil painting of hand holding bird's nest with eggs. Protective or threatening? Night sky

And we can take, but...(detail)

Oil painting in elaborate artist's frame. Chameleon approaching pink rose. Night sky.

Here in the dark, 2006

acrylic and resin on panel

with apoxy clay, found objects and polymer clay

24 x 21 ¼ x 3 inches 

Private collection

Detail of oil painting "Here in the dark". Evokes 17th century Dutch vanitas paintings

Here in the dark (detail).

Acrylic painting. Fly on red background approaching heart. Fly rendered in meticulous detail

Something it won’t, 2006

acrylic on panel

with apoxy clay, found objects, mixed media and polymer clay

24 x 21 ¼ x 2 ¼ inches 

Private collection 

Detail of painting. Colorful, finely detailed fly approaching heart-shaped box that contains a tear

Something it won't (detail).

Oil painting.  Skeletal hand with endangered butterfly on finger. Starry night sky. Artist's frame

Just a little blue, 2008

acrylic on panel

with apoxy clay, found objects, mixed media and polymer clay

31 x 26 ½ x 2 inches 

Private collection

Oil painting detail. Endangered butterfly resting on skeletal finger. Chiaroscuro

Just a little blue (detail).


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