Darlene Kulig

Darlene Kulig was awarded the CSEA/Berol Prismacolour National Art Scholarship awarded to six Canadian students entering Fine Arts based on outstanding potential in visual arts. Graduating from the Ontario College of Art and Design she quickly moved into a commercial setting and within four years of graduating was running her own successful design studio.

Darlene began painting full time ten years ago. Her work utilizes synthesis or stylization - an approach that came into Eurocentric art from Japan in the mid 1800’s. Many of Canada’s great landscape painters (Lawren Harris being an obvious example) have done this. Darlene makes her approach her own by using strong (high key) colour and uniting smaller shapes into larger more powerful areas by controlling her values. Her love of the beauty available in the Canadian landscape is clear. What is especially impressive is that she has developed a unique very personal approach that "feels" Canadian.

TorontoHOME and Ottawa Life Magazine have featured Darlene’s award winning work, showcasing her vibrant, coast to coast Canadian landscapes. In Spring 2017, Global Affairs Canada installed a selection of Kulig Canadian Landscapes in Canadian Embassies buildings in North America, Europ...

Darlene Kulig was awarded the CSEA/Berol Prismacolour National Art Scholarship awarded to six Canadian students entering Fine Arts based on outstanding potential in visual arts. Graduating from the Ontario College of Art and Design she quickly moved into a commercial setting and within four years of graduating was running her own successful design studio. Her solid understanding of design and composition can be seen in the underlying elements that both anchor and free her painting. Always balancing art with business throughout her 25-year career as a graphic designer, Darlene won awards for her design both in Canada and the United States.

TorontoHOME recently featured Darlene's award winning work, showcasing her vibrant, coast to coast Canadian landscapes. In Spring 2017, Global Affairs Canada installed a selection of Kulig Canadian Landscapes in Canadian Embassies buildings in Europe and in North America.

Currently, Darlene is focusing her creative efforts full time on developing a recognizable, signature Kulig Canadian landscape as well as traveling with an eye for her next painting series. A member of the Etobicoke Art Group and Neilson Park Creative Centre where she studies and paints, you can find her work in galleries ...

Canadian Embassy in Bratislava, Solo Show August 2017
West End Gallery Edmonton, Calendar Group Show, 2017
WaterStone Foundation Fundraiser Toronto, Canada November, 2017
Crescent Hill Gallery Fall Group Show Oct, 2017
Buckingham Fine Art. Don Cavin & Darlene Kulig, Tall Trees & Small Towns Art Show November, 2016
Art Gallery of Hamilton Art Sale, April, 2016
Artist Project CNE 2016
McMichael Gallery Autumn Art Show, October 2014
Westmount Gallery Solo Show, Toronto, August 2014
Gilda's Club Charity Art Auction, Toronto, June 2013
Westmount Gallery Group Show, Toronto, December 2012
Curry's Charitable Art Auction "Hang Art, Lift Hearts", Liberty Grand, Toronto, October 2011
The 33rd VAM Juried Show, Art Gallery of Mississauga. February, 2011
Gallery of Caribbean Art, Barbados WI. December, 2010