Silk Ribbons, 42" x 42"

Oil on Canvas.

Darlene painted this painting thinking of a silk ribbon falling into a pond as it slips from a woman's hair. How it would float into the pond and become part of the beauty that is already there. We often leave traces of ourselves places. Throughout history we have left large monuments and small treasures behind for others to find. It is so interesting to think of the people and the stories and the feelings.

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.