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tonihamelstudio.bsky.social
@tonihamelstudio.bsky.social
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Canadian visual artist. Liberal slant. Nature lover. Works included in private and public collections internationally. Visit https://www.tonihamelstudio.com for more info.
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"Arbor Day" (cropped), oil on canvas, 16x20 inches, 2025
#contemporaryart #contemporarysurrealism #socialrealism
May 25, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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"As Beautiful as Rainbows" - graphite, watercolour, sequins on Fabriano Artistico 300lbs paper, 22x30 inches, 2015 - Private collection.
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May 19, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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"Embellishments", oil on canvas, 18x18 inches, 2021. Private collection.
#contemporarysurrealism #contemporaryart
April 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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"The stockroom", oil on panel, 12x16 inches, 2017. Private collection.
#contemporaryart #socialrealismart
April 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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"Even in the quietest moments", oil on canvas, 24x36 inches, 2018. Private collection.
#contemporaryart #contemporarysurrealism
April 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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"Town & Country I", oil on canvas, 36x36 inches, 2019.
Available at CK Contemporary, San Francisco, USA - www.ckcontemporary.com
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April 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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"Town & Country II", oil on canvas, 36x36 inches, 2019. Available at CK Contemporary, San Francisco, USA - www.ckcontemporary.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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"Kabuki II (the performance)", oil on canvas, 20x24, 2024. Available at CK Contemporary, San Francisco, USA www.ckcontemporary.com
#contemporaryart #socialrealism #contemporarypainting
March 23, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Because "The times they are a-changin' ":
"Flow", graphite on Saunders Waterford paper, 22x30 inches, 2015. Collection of the Government of Ontario.
#elbowsup everyone!
March 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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"The visit", oil on canvas, 18x18 inches, 2020. Private collection.
#contemporaryart #contemporarysurrealism
March 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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"Like a fish out of water", oil on canvas, 24x24 inches, 2020. Private collection.
#contemporaryart #contemporarysurrealism #thegreatwave #hokusai
March 15, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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"Objects may be closer than they appear", oil on panel, 12x12 inches, 2018. Private collection.
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March 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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"The flood", oil on panel, 12x12 inches, 2025.
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Painting of a woman kneeling wiping up water falling from an open window. In the distance, there is a house floating on the water.
March 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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"T'was a lovely day (a groundskeeper's tale)", oil on panel, 24 inches D, 2019. Collection of J. J. Abrams.
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Painting of man in overalls watering plants surrounding a tree, while Peanuts' Woodstock approaches a nest in the tree where his offspring is resting.
March 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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"Floaters", oil on canvas, 18x24 inches, 2018. Private collection.
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Painting of a polar bear standing on an ice floe looking at a group of yellow rubber ducks on the water as they approach.
March 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Draw your own conclusions:
"Tricksters", oil on canvas, 18x18 inches, 2024.
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March 4, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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"E-commerce", oil on canvas, 24x20 inches, 2024.
#contemporaryart #contemporarysurrealism #amazon
February 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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With so much at stake, let's not forget what the fight is about.
This is "The rising (Slava Ukraini)", oil on canvas, 24x24 inches, 2022. Created in honor of a brave nation.
#slavaukraini #standwithukraine
February 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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"The watch", oil on canvas, 24x24 inches, 2017. Private collection.
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Painting of a person wearing a yellow rain jacket standing on a dock on the water, trying to hold on to an iceberg with a red rope.
February 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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"Ikebana 3", oil on canvas, 18x18 inches, 2020. Private collection.
#contemporaryart #tulip
Painting of two men in the landscape: one man is holding the stem of tulip, and the other is painting the white petals with red stripes.
February 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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"Wet paint 2", oil on canvas, 18x18 inches, 2020. Private collection.
#contemporaryart #contemporarysurrealism #socialcommentary
Painting of a family sitting in a living room, staring at a sign on the wall that read Wet Paint.
February 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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"Fleeting", oil on linen, 12x12 inches (30.5x30.5 cm), February 2025.
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Painting of a man with brush in hand and canvas on the easel, trying to a falling star
February 10, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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"Fill 'er up", oil on linen, 12x12 inches (30.5x30.5 cm), February 2025.
#contemporarysurrealism #contemporaryart #monochromaticpainting #blue
Blue monochromatic painting of a woman with a hose filling up a cloud hanging from a rope in the sky.
February 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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It seems to be Deja Vu all over again:
"The plot (First We Take Manhattan, Then We Take Berlin)", oil on canvas, 12x16, 2020.
Created when Trump was elected to his first term in office.
#contemporaryart #contemporarysurrealism
Painting of two men, one older and the other younger, standing in front of a blackboard, The older man points to the drawn map of the world on the board, specifically to a boat occupied by two men in the middle of the Atlantic as they navigate from Manhattan toward Berlin.
February 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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From the "Exotic fruits" series: "The space between", oil on canvas, 20x24 inches, 2022. Available at www.ckcontemporary.com San Francisco, CA USA
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February 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM