"Turning Over a New Leaf," 40" x 60"

Oil on Canvas.

The need for us to be happy has been since the beginning of time. The world does not always deliver our needs, and so we must fine a way to create joy. Lately, Darlene has been letting go, enjoying a process with much more freedom coming from within and taking her impressionistic work on a journey to find her joy.

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.