Rhapsody, 40" x 60"

Oil on Canvas.

"If you think of ponds as a containment of a person's personality, this would be a very happy and colourful one. We need to express ourselves beyond just what we show people. Our lives are full of change and we change when we are with others.

This pond series for example blurs the lines between abstraction and impressionism with an intense focus on loose application of colour and dynamic compositions. the pond series remains a commentary on contemporary aesthetics, giving a fresh composed breath to the reflection of nature and humanities' relationship with our environment."

Canadian artist Darlene Winfield's style is impressionistic while at times leaning into semi-abstract. It is created with the use of brush, palette knife, and mixed media when called for. The paintings are completed in layers with dramatic strokes offset by quiet places within the painting. The atmospheric quality and depth of the painting are most important to her. She hopes the viewer will enter into the world she created on the canvas. The history and longevity of oil painting have been important to her. After discovering the buttery texture, smell, and feeling oil paint gave her as she dipped her brushes into it she has not looked back.