Richard Delaney lives and works in Port Dover, Ontario, Canada.
He is a retired art teacher with 30 years of experience instructing high school, university, and mature students.
Since demonstrating artistic ability in childhood, Delaney has developed his drawing and painting skills, primarily as a self-taught artist, but, also through formal study at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario. Delaney also learns much by studying the works of other artists. A few of his favorite artists who have inspired him are: Chuck Close, Jean-Leon Gerome, Robert Bateman, Salvador Dali, and Gerhard Richter.
Delaney specializes in oil and acrylic paints to produce realistic works on canvas, masonite, and wood panel. He is inspired by nature, travel, and pop-culture. Portraiture, landscape, still life, birds, and the female nude figure are favorite genres.
Delaney uses varying combinations of sketches, direct observation, photo references, and imagination to produce his paintings.
Solo Exhibitions
2024: "League of Wrestling Mask Portraits," Cocoa Cabana, Port Dover, Ontario, Canada.
2010: “Paintings and Other Works,” Lighthouse Festival Theatre Gallery, Port Dover, Ontario, Canada.
2003: “Fugitives,” Lighthouse Festival Theatre Gallery, Port Dover, Ontario, Canada.
1999: “Paintings,” Lynnwood Arts Centre, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.
1998: “New Paintings,” Cuppajoe’s Cafe, Port Dover, Ontario, Canada.
Group Exhibitions
2024: "Gallery Gala 2024," Arnot Art Museum, Elmira New York, USA.
2010: “Portraiture,” Galerie de Bresoles, Montreal, Canada.
2007: “Fall Salon, Artists from Canada and United States,” Galerie de Bresoles, Montreal, Canada.
2001: “Celebration of the Arts,” Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
Juried Exhibitions
2024: "Teravarna Art Gallery, 6th Still Life International Juried Art Competition." Online. Recipient of Talent Prize Award.
2024: "Dirty Show Erotic Art Exhibition, 24th Annual Juried Exhibition," Russell Exhibition Center, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
2023: “77th Regional Exhibition, juried competition winners,” Arnot Museum, Elmira New York, USA.
2023: “Society of Canadian Artists, 55th Annual International Juried Exhibition,” Neilson Creative Center, Toronto, Canada.
1999: “1999 Juried Exhibition,” Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, Ontario, Canada.
1998: “Juried Exhibition,” Lynnwood Arts Centre, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.
1998: “Juried Exhibition,” Welland Historical Museum, Welland, Ontario, Canada.
1998: “18th Annual Juried Show of Fine Arts,” The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada.
1998: “1998 Juried Exhibition,” Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, Ontario, Canada.
1998: “37th Annual Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition,” Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, Canada.
1998: 25th Annual Juried Show of Fine Arts,” Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Ontario, Canada.