"California Gold," 48" x 48"

Oil on Canvas.

Darlene painted this while thinking of how people set out for California in search of a better life. Often we associate places with dreams and California is definitely is a place associated with dreams. She was thinking how things are at this time and how pleasant it is to dream about warm and wonderful places, whether they are real or not does not matter, it is simply the feeling of wherever you are in your dream state that matters.

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.