Darlene Watson Art

This extra-large abstract painting, measuring 104" x 80", is alive with bold, gestural brushstrokes and a vibrant palette of layered colours. Its dynamic energy and expressive moveme...

"I'm so proud of how this piece turned out. It’s wonderful when a painting comes together like I’d hoped." The composition is dynamic and fluid, with no fixed top or bott...

Inspired by the season and the vibrant shift from greens to the landscape's rich golds, yellows, and oranges, I aim to capture what autumn represents to me as an artist. I absorb the...

? Rhapsody ? This extra-large original is a symphony of colour and movement—layers of gestural acrylic brushstrokes that flow like music across the canvas. Just as a rhapsody ...

The work of painter Darlene Watson may be viewed within a contemporary return to formal abstraction—one that privileges intuition, gesture, and material presence over prescribed na...

"DREAM A LITTLE" Energetic, gestural brushwork with textures, and dripping areas on this large-scale original. A selection of greens and unlikely hues side by side can be found on th...

Inspiration was drawn from Summer garden spaces and Joan Mitchell's brushstrokes. This artist's first quadtych and hopefully the first of many more gives the illusion of being ri...

"The Last Of Fall" Gestural and soft brushstrokes where Darlene captures the ideas of the very last of the Fall leaves as they rest for the season and prepare for the Winter. Sof...

'LE JARDIN SECRET DE LE MONET" Impressionistic gestural layers of colour as if you had entered the dream world of a secret garden path. ".... the garden is the retreat...

"The Deepest Of Blue" Gestural, bold, colourful, uninhibited strokes by this artist brings you into her world of imagination. A Joan Mitchell inspired large original by this internat...

“I’d Wanna Be Next to Youâ€

"ALL TOGETHER" This artist is sassy, bold and passionate, as you can witness in her original pieces and vivid imagination. Luxurious, glamorous, modern and the epitome of e...

A triptych is the completion of three paintings or canvases that go together to create one large original piece. This creation, composed of three parts, is designed to complement e...

"Unbound," meaning free, limitless, or unrestricted, perfectly captures the essence of my gestural original. This piece was brought to life through dynamic movements and varied bru...

By definition: The quality of being friendly, generous and considerate. Shapes and layers with Klimt in mind. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official c...

ENDLESS SUMMER Soft violet petals, deep as twilight. They linger, then drift down— tiny butterflies resting for the season. They are not the tallest, but they hold grac...

Velocity Greens ignite, bronze and gold strike like lightning. White cuts through the rush— Payne’s grey holding the storm. Every stroke surges forward. Nothing hesitat...

Urban Syntax drifts between graffiti and form, where the suggestion of a dress and hat moves through the city like a quiet presence. Lines, patterns, and marks gather and release, ec...

Like the moment after the sun has set — when the sky still holds warmth, colour, and quiet light — this piece reflects the feeling of a year coming to rest. Afterglow is my fi...

Welcoming 2026 with an original that sets the rhythm for the year ahead, “Where Ribbons Danceâ€

The beginning of a new series created as a response to the world we’re living in—a time of unrest, noise, and uncertainty. Layered pinks, greens, and blues, this work explores...

"Dancing Along A Moonbeam" Soft darkness and shadowed areas across the lake on a quiet evening with the full moon smiling down on the shoreline. Bringing a silver glitter to the ...

"Summers In Cali" Gestural, spontaneous, colourful, bold Joan Mitchell inspired capture of life in California. Hues pulled from the shore and sky, beach areas and the vibrant colo...

"Beginnings" That point in time and space at which something starts. The first part or earliest stage of something. A beginning new home new friend new career new love ne...

"Autumn Limelight" Gestural and soft brushstrokes where Darlene captures the ideas of the very last of the Hydrangea petals as they rest for the season and prepare for the Winter...

"And Then I Could Breathe" is a large gestural format non-objective abstract, on canvas. Under painting of graffiti inspired marks with gold metallic spray paint, swirls and seemingly random lines in carbon pencil are set with archival satin varnish. Darlene Watson...

"ANOTHER LOVE" Acrylic on canvas 60"x 80" Darlene Watson is a Canadian abstract painter that is most often creating large-scale originals by drawing inspiration as she revisi...

"You Light Up My Life" Gestural brushstrokes in soft hues of the sky and lake. What is it that lights up your life? It is I am sure different for everyone. Hot pink, light bl...

"STARBURST" A large acrylic abstract measuring 80"x 60" is being completed in the studio. Layers of vibrant orange, red and yellow have been added to intensify the bold, intens...

"Seasons End" Gestural and soft brushstrokes where Darlene captures the ideas of the very last of the Fall and the end of the year. Another season making way for the new one to a...

"Merci Vert Et Blue" Energetic, gestural brushwork with textures, impasto and dripping at gravities will. A selection of greens and blues along with yellow and dips of hot pink can...

"Whispers" As if the wind twists and turns there are sounds of nature heard in a calming natural setting. Expect the unexpected with the gestural swirls of warm neutrals in this lar...

"Hearts On Fire" Finding joy is so very unique to everyone. A gestural completely intuitive abstract by Canadian artist Darlene Watson brings us int...

"I Got All Ya Need" The artist has again been inspired by Joan Mitchell with this gestural melody of colour and rhythm. Colours upon colours with expressionistic swipes using a bru...

"SMILE TOWARDS EACH OTHER" Layered gestural brushstrokes in orange, pink, red, blue and green blends. As if the smile was in colour. "Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful." Thich Nhat...

"Connect The Dots" Emotionally charged large gestural, expressive original imagined and created by Darlene with her signature shapes, colour and line. Kandinsky, Mitchell and Gor...

"Corset Ribbons And Bows" Inspired by Darlene's love of Mitchell and loose, gestural brushstroke layers on this large canvas. Ribbons of colour, bows with soft brilliant hues cascade across this large original. Darlene loves to bring vibrance and boldness to her art. This piece is bold with a softer palette. A gentle expression of creativity and romance. Delicate & Bold. What a focal point for any given space with this non-objective abstraction of pink, magenta, violet, blue and yellow. Darlene Watson...

With this original "Create From Your Heart" Darlene has started by boldly printing the name on the canvas with marker and then proceeded to add gestural marks, lines and bold hues side by side. Some of them are not the colours you might expect to be side by side but she is a bold fearless artist and she paints all of her works with a gentle but vibrant...... unexpected. I love that about her art. There is a feeling that she indeed creates from her heart so it was really only a matter of time that inspiration for the title would become reality. Lines with a purple, black and gold marker along with layer after layer of her graffiti style and love of Kandinsky shapes. Hot pink bouncing off of vibrant orange with splashes of teal, deep green and blue. There is a feeling here also of her love of Mitchell's paintings and her total adventurous and audacious style. Welcome and come along into the world of imagination with this Canadian Abstract Artist, Darlene Watson...

"Good Old Silver Lining" Gestural, shapes lines, gold bronze circles, silver mirror acrylic, acrylics, marker lines, bold, rich Fall hues make a huge statement and speak, "look at m...

"Hope" Large gestural abstract by this artist, inspired by Joan Mitchell and created with hope in mind. Hope is seeing light in spite of the darkness. "Never lost hope, my dea...

"Eventide Echoes" Walks in the evening with the waves becoming gentle and the sun tucking in for the night. The sky is an incredible site of what appears to be deep blue and sprin...

"RASPBERRY BERET" Original: ships rolled in a tube Signature: is on the back, front and the Certificate Of Authenticity Medium: Acrylic on canvas Frame: unframed but could be d...

"Love And Peace" a graffiti style large original imagined and created with the deep desire for love and peace in the world. Messages throughout the peace and letters spelling abstr...

"Sassy As Salt Water Taffy 02" Summer 2022 is drawing near its completion but that favourite sweet of Darlene's was invented in the 1800s and is wi...

"Starlit Starry Night" The second in the "Rhythm Of The Waves" series. An artist that is inspired greatly by the world around her and happens to live near water. The water element ...

"Winter's Coming" The colourful Autumn leaves have fallen and shed their amazing golds, reds and yellows. They now leave deep grey and rust lines and batik patterns along the paths of concrete and trails. Soon they will be tucked nicely under heavy white blankets of Winter. "Winters Coming" layers of warm, organic, earth tones in this large canvas gesturally created by Darlene Watson...