Cappuccino, 36" x 36"

Oil on Canvas.

"The world is moving so fast. The idea of having a cappuccino and sitting in a cafe just people watching and enjoying life in the way people connected before the phones took over our life. Relating to people, seeing people and being a part of a community is an amazing gift that is slowly disappearing. Alternatively, I imagine a quiet time to read or do nothing but relate to someone or a pet while feeling the warm presence of this painting in your surroundings. Tranquility is so necessary for our well-being, and my mission is to paint engaging paintings that lift your soul and make you feel the connection to art."

Canadian artist Darlene Winfield captures the essence and nature of painting through her raw yet elegant brushwork, refined compositions, and personal contemporary colour palette. The pond series remains a commentary on contemporary aesthetics. 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.