Darlene Watson

"An abstract painting allows an artist to free their imagination. This allows unique expression from each individual artist."

Honours in Design
Self-Taught Artist

I have just completed my first Art Coffee Table Book.
"Abstract Expression"
If Colors And Shapes Could Speak

I could not be more thrilled to have started this book and completed it.

I will also be working with "Sisters On Huron" mid to high end clothing shop here in my town with a Linen Line and my art for Spring 2020.
DW ART line

An online course (on my website) to create an impressionistic floral 2019

Guelph Juried Studio Tour 2013-2015
Xerox Research Centre Mississauga 2012 and 2013
Moniker Gallery Toronto 2013
Tag Gallery St. Catherines 2013
Kloepfer Gallery Guelph 2013
Port Huron Art Crawl 2013
Weavers Art Toronto - paintings inspired carpets 2013
Kloepfer Gallery Guelph 2014
McMaster Innovation Park juried Art Show and sale 2014
De Stefano's Ristorante, Gallery Oakville 2014
Guelph Studio Tour Guelph 2014
Red Door Gallery, Georgetown 2015
Southampton Shoreline Artist Group 2015 to present

Colours, shape, textures, shadows, lines and placement of paint layers are drawn from natural settings and world around me. I imagine and visually see most of my paintings for many weeks before I ever set the brush to the surface and then they are created spontaneously and emotionally with gestural uninhibited brush strokes. I already have had a template of sorts in my mind so I continue with the original piece and bring my imagination to life. I often use my fingers and hands to feel my creation and have been told I seem to go to another place while I paint. With total abandon, I gently place part of my soul in each unique one of a kind piece.
The lake, streams, sky, trees and flowers are all part of my process. I may see a unique shapes or line on the sand or along a path near my home and I may pass a colour filled tree or an incredible sunset. These are all very influential to me for future paintings.
Creating plein air paintings, I don't see the scene as an exact photo but rather splashes of colour and shapes and with my imagination I place them on the surface.

Expressive artists that have influenced me along the way are Klimt, Kandinsky, Kline, Mitchell, Monet, Frankenthaler, Turner and Pollock.

abstract expressionistic, abstract artist, modern art, contemporary artist, canadianartist, colourful