Renée Tongia-Royle - ART

Renée Tongia-Royle - ART Colour + Texture. Contemplating the impermanence of human creation and the curious beauty of surfaces worn by the accumulation of time.

—Here We Go Again

Life moves in cycles — departures and returns, endings and beginnings, ups and downs. What once felt ...
05/01/2026

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Here We Go Again

Life moves in cycles — departures and returns, endings and beginnings, ups and downs. What once felt heavy can, with time, begin to feel spacious. We can decide, if we want, to cross the horizon once more, even without resolution, simply because we understand that movement itself is part of the process. When we trust the rhythm of starting again and step forward into motion or look at something familiar with fresh eyes, we allow repetition to become renewal. This is an invitation to meet what comes next with openness, lightness and a willingness to begin again. Even if everything isn’t clear — forward motion carries its own quiet promise.

“Begin anywhere.” — John Cage

Mixed Media on Wooden Panel
Unframed. Ready to hang.
41cm x 41cm x 2cm
Pair with: The Heart is a Muscle — Gang of Youths

—Quiet LeavingThere are some departures that do not end. 
Some move beyond reach, some beyond the horizon and some beyon...
05/01/2026

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Quiet Leaving

There are some departures that do not end. 

Some move beyond reach, some beyond the horizon and some beyond visibility.

Time carries them on.

“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” — A.A. Milne

Mixed Media on Wooden Panel
Unframed. Ready to hang.
41cm x 41cm x 2cm
Pair with: Anchor — Novo Amor

—Drift
Sometimes drifting is the only way to find where you actually want to land.
“I let myself drift through the world...
09/12/2025

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Drift

Sometimes drifting is the only way to find where you actually want to land.

“I let myself drift through the world.” — Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

Mixed Media on Wooden Panel
30.5x30.5x4cm
Unframed. Ready to Hang.
Pair with: I Know the End – Phoebe Bridgers

—Afternoon WalkAn afternoon walk is often filled with ordinary moments. The hum of traffic, a bird song, sunlight catchi...
07/12/2025

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Afternoon Walk

An afternoon walk is often filled with ordinary moments. The hum of traffic, a bird song, sunlight catching on windows, chatting walkers, a barking dog, leaves on the footpath, music in the distance, trees casting shadows from overhead, the rhythm of your own footsteps… These small, passing details, fragments that become part of the day’s texture, are beautiful in their own quiet way, reminders of how the simplest moments can linger and shape what we remember. Let what you remember be what mattered, even if it was small.

“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realise they were the big things.” — Robert Brault

Mixed Media on Wooden Panel
Unframed. Ready to hang.
30.5cm x 30.5cm x 2.5cm
Pair with: Rivers and Roads — The Head and the Heart

—Peace in the FieldA spacious inner landscape. Everything moves through until finally there’s stillness. Rest in the cal...
07/12/2025

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Peace in the Field

A spacious inner landscape. Everything moves through until finally there’s stillness. Rest in the calm. 

“Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time.” — Hermann Hesse

Mixed Media on Wooden Panel
Unframed. Ready to hang.
30.5cm x 30.5cm x 2.5cm
Pair with: Fields of Gold — Eva Cassidy (cover)

—What Remains BeneathLife is beautiful and turbulent, often at the same time. We can usually handle the beauty just fine...
06/12/2025

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What Remains Beneath

Life is beautiful and turbulent, often at the same time. We can usually handle the beauty just fine, maybe with a happy tear or two. The turbulence, though — that’s often harder to take. But what if we remembered that beneath every moment of turmoil, something steady still endures? Even as life softens, erodes, and reshapes us, there remains a quiet residue — a trace of truth, a heartfelt presence, a knowing we can sense even when we can’t find adequate words to name it. Below the surface, there is a softer current that carries what matters most, the part that lingers after experience has weathered the outer life. This is an invitation to pause, to listen inwardly, to notice what has stayed with you long after the turbulence has passed.

“We are not what happens to us. We are what remains.”
— Unknown

Mixed Media on Wooden Panel
Unframed. Ready to hang.
30.5cm x 30.5cm x 2.5cm
Pair with: Holocene — Bon Iver

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