Darlene Cole

UPCOMING EXHIBITION:

December 1 - 22, 2023

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Darlene Cole captures a hazy, haunting world of poetry and wonder. The artist’s distinct oil painting techniques lend a watercolour effect to her subjects without compromising rich colour values and velvety textures. Cole’s canvases—dreamy expanses inhabited by spirited figures—are studies of time and memory. These figures, both human and animal, play a pivotal role, evoking emotional responses in the viewer as Cole navigates between layers of reference and meaning.  At once playful and melancholic, Cole’s work draws on themes characteristic of her established painting career: the inherent mystery of old architectural interiors, the power of painterly colour and texture to spark memory, and the exploration of childhood innocence and its loss. Canvases offer delicate detail work that gives form to softly blended screens of colour, mapping the seamless and often unconscious journey from visual prompt to archetypal meaning: an elk’s elegant antlers emerge against a mossy plane; a child’s red dress bursts through the haze of a dreamy playground; a rowboat sails off toward a dusky horizon. Other recurring tropes in Cole’s work—velvet curtains, picture frames, and armoires—are thresholds that beckon us to an exciting place, far beyond the frame.

Cole's work is extensively collected across Canada and internationally. Notable public collections include: The Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Tom Thomson Art Gallery, the K.F. Preueter Collection of Canadian Art, Royal Bank of Canada, CIBC, OCAD University, Fairmont Hotels (Toronto, Montreal, Banff), and Manulife Financial. 

Take a look inside Darlene Cole's studio in her feature with Constellation Magazine here

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60 X 54 in. - $14,500.00 CAD
Prelude (peony petals)
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20 X 16 in. - $5,300.00 CAD
Prelude (protect)
10 X 8 in. - $2,650.00 CAD
Darlene Cole artwork 'Reverie (love)' available at Bau-Xi Gallery Toronto, Ontario
Reverie (HM Queen Elizabeth II, September 19, 2022)
8 X 8 in. - $1,250.00 CAD
Peonies
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Love Notes (some days feel like polka-dots + peonies)
36 x 36 in. - $7,950.00 CAD
Reverie (lake trio)
48 X 48 in. - $12,150.00 CAD
Prelude (spring song)
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60 X 60 in. - $15,200.00 CAD
Darlene Cole artwork 'Reverie (tracing your footsteps)' available at Bau-Xi Gallery Toronto, Ontario
36 X 36 in. - $7,950.00 CAD
Darlene Cole artwork 'Reverie (autumn roses)' available at Bau-Xi Gallery Toronto, Ontario
30 X 24 in. - $5,950.00 CAD
Prelude (poem)
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Darlene Cole artwork 'Reverie (woman in chiffon under the cherry blossoms)' available at Bau-Xi Gallery Toronto, Ontario
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Prelude (peonies at the beach)
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10 X 8 in. - $2,650.00 CAD
Prelude (rainbow)
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30 X 40 in. - $7,700.00 CAD
Darlene Cole artwork 'Reverie (of paradise where roses grew)' available at Bau-Xi Gallery Toronto, Ontario
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10 x 8 in. - $2,650.00 CAD
Love Notes (out of nowhere)
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40 X 30 in. - $7,700.00 CAD
Darlene Cole artwork 'Reverie (in all this world)' available at Bau-Xi Gallery Toronto, Ontario
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10 X 8 in. - $2,650.00 CAD
Darlene Cole artwork 'Reverie (now is forever)' available at Bau-Xi Gallery Toronto, Ontario
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10 X 8 in. - $2,650.00 CAD
Darlene Cole artwork 'Reverie (the very minute)' available at Bau-Xi Gallery Toronto, Ontario
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48 X 48 in. - $12,150.00 CAD
Reverie (peonies unfolding)
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36 x 36 in. - $7,950.00 CAD
Reverie (mirroring swans)
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36 x 36 in. - $7,950.00 CAD
Reverie (roses unravelling)
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