Tollef Runquist
Golden Apple, 2021
Acrylic on canvas on panel
10" x 10"
Tollef Runquist
Fruit Cocktail, 2021
Acrylic on canvas on panel
10" x 10"
Tollef Runquist
Popsicle, 2021
Acrylic on canvas on panel
10" x 10"
Tollef Runquist
Pick, 2021
Acrylic on canvas on panel
10" x 10"
Tollef Runquist
Vendor, 2021
Acrylic on canvas on panel
10" x 10"
Tollef Runquist
This is Just to Say, 2021
Acrylic on canvas on panel
10" x 10"
Tollef Runquist
Cat Goes Twice, 2021
Acrylic on canvas on panel
10" x 10"
Tollef Runquist
FLWRS, 2021
Acrylic on canvas on panel
10" x 10"
Tollef Runquist
Lapin, 2023
Acrylic on board
18" x 18"
SOLD
Tollef Runquist
Vision, 2023
Acrylic on board
18" x 18"
Tollef Runquist
Bird Talk, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
60" x 60"
SOLD
Tollef Runquist
Harvest Rhythm, 2023
Acrylic on panel
40" x 30"
SOLD
Tollef Runquist
Tropico, 2023
Acrylic on panel
40" x 30"
Tollef Runquist
Guess, 2023
Acrylic on board
18" x 18"
SOLD
Tollef Runquist
You, 2023
Acrylic on board
18" x 18"
SOLD
Tollef Runquist
Bloom, 2023
Acrylic on board
18" x 18"
SOLD
Tollef Runquist
Wild Life, 2023
Acrylic on board
18" x 18"
SOLD
Tollef Runquist
Row, 2023
Acrylic on board
18" x 18"
SOLD
Tollef Runquist
Code, 2023
Acrylic on board
18" x 18"
Tollef Runquist
Trance, 2023
Acrylic on board
14" x 14"
SOLD
Tollef Runquist
Seed Packet, 2023
Acrylic on board
14" x 14"
SOLD
Tollef Runquist
Drunk Grocery, 2023
Acrylic on board
40" x 40"
SOLD
Tollef Runquist
Orange Claude, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
60" x 60"
SOLD
Tollef Runquist
Compose, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
60" x 60"
Tollef Runquist
Story, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
50" x 50"
SOLD
Tollef Runquist
Lion, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
60" x 60"
SOLD
Tollef Runquist
Collection, 2023
Acrylic on canvas mounted on panel
40" x 40"
Tollef Runquist
Yum, 2023
Acrylic on canvas mounted on panel
40" x 30"
Tollef Runquist
Cycle, 2023
Acrylic on canvas mounted on panel
40" x 40"
Tollef Runquist
Flower King, 2023
Acrylic on canvas mounted on panel
40" x 40"
Tollef Runquist
Pine Song, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
48" x 48"
Tollef Runquist
Ovation, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
60" x 40"
TR171
Tollef Runquist
Lightning Bolt, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
60" x 54"
Tollef Runquist
Kaleidoscope, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
30" x 29-3/4"
Tollef Runquist
Circuit, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
40" x 40"
Tollef Runquist
Press, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
30" x 30"
SOLD
Tollef Runquist
Crown, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
40" x 40"
Tollef Runquist
Preservation, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
59-3/4" x 54"
Tollef Runquist
Jungle, 2021
Acrylic on canvas
72" x 72"
SOLD
Tollef Runquist
Bouquet, 2021
Acrylic on canvas
40" x 40"
Tollef Runquist
Rise, 2021
Acrylic on canvas
40" x 40"
Tollef Runquist
Magic, 2021
Acrylic on canvas
40" x 40"
Tollef Runquist
Cauldron, 2021
Acrylic on canvas
40" x 40"
Tollef Runquist
Charm, 2021
Acrylic on canvas
54" x 60"
SOLD
Tollef Runquist
Gaze, 2021
Acrylic on canvas
30" x 30"
Tollef Runquist
Power, 2021
Acrylic on canvas
30" x 30"
Tollef Runquist
Rose Cup, 2021
Acrylic on canvas
54" x 60"
Tollef Runquist
Collection, 2019
Oil on canvas
50" x 40"
SOLD
Tollef Runquist
Knower, 2019
Oil on canvas
50" x 40"
SOLD
Tollef Runquist
Vision of la Playa
Oil on canvas
40" x 40"
SOLD
Tollef Runquist
Spell
Oil on canvas
40" x 40"
Tollef Runquist
Carrying Cake, 2019
Oil on canvas
54" x 60"
Tollef Runquist
Medicine, 2019
Oil on canvas
30" x 30"
SOLD
Tollef Runquist
Searching, 2019
Oil on canvas
30" x 30"
Tollef Runquist
Exchange, 2019
Oil on canvas
54" x 60"
SOLD
Tollef Runquist
Vacation, 2019
Oil on canvas
12" x 12"
SOLD
Tollef Runquist
Yum, 2019
Oil on canvas
30" x 30"
Tollef Runquist
Have a Bite, 2019
Oil on canvas
30" x 30"
SOLD
Tollef Runquist
Night Hunting
Oil on canvas
30" x 30"
SOLD
Tollef Runquist
Jewel
Oil on canvas
12" x 12"
SOLD
Tollef Runquist
Dream of the Shore
Oil on canvas
12" x 12"
Tollef Runquist
Abundance
Oil on canvas
50h x 40w in
SOLD
Tollef Runquist
Flying Fruit
Oil on canvas
8" x 10"
Tollef Runquist
Good Cone
Oil on canvas
30" x 30"
SOLD
Tollef Runquist
Toss
Oil on panel
10h x 10w in
SOLD
Tollef Runquist
Night Swim
Oil on Panel
10h x 10w in
SOLD
Tollef Runquist
Geodesic
Oil on canvas
20h x 20w in
SOLD
Tollef Runquist
Afterglow
Oil on canvas
20h x 20w in
Tollef Runquist
Window 5
Oil on board
8h x 10w in
Tollef Runquist
Window 6
Oil on board
8h x 10w in
Tollef Runquist
Four on the Floor
Oil on canvas
30h x 40w in
Tollef Runquist
Secret Animal
Oil on canvas
10h x 10w in
Tollef Runquist
Logos
Oil on canvas
40h x 60w in
Tollef Runquist
Car Train
Oil on canvas
30h x 40w in
An excerpt: “One feels with Runquist that he is fearless when it comes to making art… he is not afraid of making mistakes – indeed, he often leaves them in. At the same time, if he starts to feel too comfortable with a painting or finds himself getting nervous about making a mistake, he will “throw some paint at it” to break the spell and make for a more dynamic image.”
Tollef Runquist will be exhibiting his new painting series, “Shiloh’s Collection” at OK Harris Gallery in New York this March 2013. OK Harris Gallery was established by Ivan C. Karp in 1969. Early in his career, Karp was a pioneer of the pop art scene, instrumental in launching the careers of Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, and Claes Oldenburg. OK Harris Gallery was the first gallery on West Broadway in SoHo, and was at the forefront of contemporary art and photo realism. OK Harris remains dedicated to exhibiting the most significant artwork of today.
Tollef Runquist will be exhibiting his new work in a benefit show for the Camden Public Library. The proceeds from this show will directly benefit creative programs at the library.
Please join us for an opening reception with the artist on Saturday, November 10th at 2pm in the Jean Picker Room at the Camden Public Library, 55 Main Street, Camden, ME 04843.
The exhibit will be open during regular library hours through November.
Tollef Runquist received his B.A. in Studio Art from Dickinson College in 2002. Since then he has been continuing his education through painting and other mediums. He lives and works in Searsport, Maine. He has had solo exhibitions at Taylor Gallery, Meriden, NH; Ober Gallery, Kent, CT; and OK Harris, New York, NY; among others. Runquist looks at a wide range of artists as inspiration including Richard Diebenkorn, Monet, De Kooning, Gauguin, Bonnard, Rothko, Sargent, Gordon Grant, Gerhard Richter, Hopper, Homer, Klimt and Egon Schiele.
Runquist states, “Painting for me is an undertaking of appreciation and inquiry. It is a means by which to engage the beauty and mystery of visual experience in an ongoing dialogue. This is a widening puzzle; as I partake in this conversation, it continually refreshes itself, revealing unexpected angles and new understanding. I feel no particular loyalty to realism or my own past work. I set to draw out a particular vision as long as my experience with it is visceral, attentive and useful. I try to encapsulate the fullness of my experience of a moment; weight and stillness, burning edges, massive calm. These move me towards a particular subject, I try to paint and honor them, and then move on.”