Richard Delaney is a Canadian painter based in Port Dover, Ontario.
With a lifelong dedication to art-making and more than three decades of experience as an educator, Delaney brings both technical discipline and a deeply personal vision to his work. Over the course of his career, he has taught high school, university, and adult learners, while continuing to refine his own practice as a painter.
Primarily self-taught, Delaney has developed his skills through years of independent study, studio practice, and formal coursework at Brock University. His artistic influences are wide-ranging, with inspiration drawn from artists such as Chuck Close, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Robert Bateman, Salvador Dalí, and Gerhard Richter.
Working mainly in oil and acrylic, Delaney creates realist and representational paintings on canvas, masonite, and wood panel. His subject matter is shaped by an enduring interest in nature, place, memory, portraiture, still life, birds, and figurative work, often informed by his experiences of travel and popular culture.
Delaney’s paintings emerge through a process that combines observation, sketching, photographic reference, and imagination. The result is work that seeks not only to represent the visible world, but also to capture atmosphere, character, and emotional resonance.
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
2026: "152nd Ontario Society of Artists Juried Exhibition," Georgina Art Gallery, Ontario, Canada.
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.