Daphne Cote

Light in Life, both in people and our surroundings, inspire me.

I was born in Camrose, Alberta and I currently have my home studio in Stony Plain, Alberta where I was raised.
I started showing and selling my work when I was 14 years old, though I started studying art at an even younger age taking every art course I could go to, and even today I continue with my art education.

I consider my larger oil paintings as more fully realized works. I also create sketches, studies, and small works in oil, acrylic, gouache, or watercolor; as well as, drawings in various pencils, charcoals, and inks.

I use the human form as a language tool to communicate ideas and emotions that I feel are beyond words. Though the main study and subject I am interested in is the human figure, I also dabble in representational landscapes, cityscapes, and still life. By painting other subject matter it helps to inform and improve my figurative work and also keeps my brush wet in between figurative projects.

I have won a Portrait Society of America Tuition Award in 2014 and in the same year had two paintings rank 9th and 10th place in The Portrait Society of Canada's Portrait Competition.

2005 -BFA from the University of Alberta
2010 -Open Studio Model Session, Red Deer College Summer Arts Series, facilitated by Jean Pederson
2011 -Methods and Materials, The Paint Spot, Edmonton, instructed by Kim Fjordbotten
2012 -Anatomy: Drawing the Figure, Instructed by Justin Ogilvie, Harcourt Annex, Edmonton
2013 -Anatomy:Drawing the Portrait, Instructed by Justin Ogilvie, Harcourt Annex, Edmonton
2014, 2018 -Art of the Portrait, The Portrait Society of America's annual portrait conference, Reston,
VA./ Washington DC., USA
2014 -Open Model Sessions, Art Students League of
New York, New York City, N.Y., USA
2015, 2017-Art of the Portrait, The Portrait Society of America's annual portrait conference, Atlanta,Georgia, USA
2017- FACE conference, Miami, USA

I have shown in over 35 group exhibitions and 3 solo shows.
Most recent Exhibitions:
2017 -Instructor’s Show, Allied Arts Council Gallery, February 21- March 17, Spruce Grove
2016 -Drawing on Life, VASA, St.Albert (July 23 -
August 20)
2016 -The Big, Big, Portrait Show, July, Naess Gallery,
Edmonton
2015 -Woman Portraying Women, VASA, St. Albert
2014-2015 -Growing Up, Naess Gallery, Edmonton
2014 -SPARKS, Steppes Gallery, Edmonton
2014-2015 -Self Portraits: Within the Artist, Juried
touring show, Alberta Society of Artists
2013 -Ongoing showing of works, the Parlor Salon, Spruce Grove
2012 -Diamonds in the Rough III, Woman's Art Museum Society of Canada, Calgary
2012 -Alberta Arts and Culture Days, show and demo, Stony Plain
2012 -Unfinished Painting Challenge, The Paint Spot, Edmonton
2011 -Off-Whyte: Holdovers from the Whyte Avenue Art Walk, The Daffodil Gallery, Edmonton
2011 -Alberta Arts Days, show and demo, Stony Plain
2011 -Alberta Ballet Edmonton House and Garden Tour, work featured in Classic Modern Home, Edmonton
2011 -Showing of still life paintings, Tasty Tom’s Restaurant, Edmonton
2011 -The Sleeper and the Insomniac, Multicultural Centre Public Art Gallery, Stony Plain...