Darlene Lobos grew up on the west coast and now resides in Calgary where she paints full time. She has been involved with many aspects of art making and formalized her art training at ACAD with a BFA majoring in painting. Her work can be seen in collections throughout Canada, the US, Mexico, Argentina and the UK. Her many travels and much time spent outdoors walking and hiking have greatly influenced her work.
Darlene’s landscapes fall loosely into romantic and mystical landscape painting genres although her sense of the abstract is highly evident. She generally works without visual reference and lets the painting evolve spontaneously incorporating memory or dream fragments. She often references the old masters through choice of color palette and the modern period through use of texture.The resultant landscape evokes a sense of place infused with beauty and mystery.
CURRENT GALLERY AFFILIATIONS:
Elevation Gallery, Canmore, AB
Artpoint Gallery and Studios, Calgary, AB
EXHIBITIONS:
2016 Two person show, “The Mind’s Eye”, Michelangelo Gallery (spring), Calgary,
AB and Elevation Gallery (fall), Canmore, AB
2015 Group show,”Hive”, Elevation Gallery, Canmore, AB
2005-2014 Group shows every year, Artpoint Gallery and Studios, Calgary, AB
2013 Eastside Studio Crawl Group Show, Artpoint Gallery and Studios,Calgary
Solo Show, “Beyond Place”, Elevation Gallery, Canmore, AB
2012 Group show, Eastside Studio Crawl, Artpoint Gallery and Studios, Calgary
Group show, Christmas Show, Axis Gallery, Calgary, AB
2011 Two person show, “New Works”, Artpoint Gallery and Studios, Calgary, AB
Group show, “Sacred/Modern”, Elevation Gallery,Canmore,AB
2010 Group show, Eastside Studio Crawl, Artpoint Gallery and Studios, Calgary
2009 Group show, Artwalk, Artpoint Gallery and Studios, Calgary, AB
2008 Solo show, “Reenchantment of the River”, Elevation Gallery, Canmore, AB
2007 Group show, “Unplugged”, Elevation Gallery,Canmore,AB
2006 Solo show, “A Sense of Place”, Elevation Gallery, Canmore, AB
2004 Group show, “Artrageous III”, Illingsworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, AB
2003 Group show, “Synchronisms”, Above the Shoe Factory Studio,Calgary,AB
Solo show, “New Works”, Elevation Gallery, Calgary, AB
2002 Group show, “Scapes: Figure, Mind, and Land”, Artspace Gallery,Calgary,AB
Group show, “Artrageous II”, Illingsworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, AB
2000 Group show, Grad Exhibiton, Illingsworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, AB
Group show, Painting Grad Exhibition, Harrison Gallery, Calgary, AB
Solo show, Calgary Newshour Gallery, Calgary, AB
1997-2000 Group shows, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB