Beauty will save

Beauty in everything

Incredibly realistic painting by Darren Haley

BLACK-EYED SUSAN,  painting by Darren Haley

Black-eyed Susan. Incredibly realistic painting by Darren Haley

Incredibly realistic painting by Darren Haley
Talented Canadian self-taught artist Darren Haley was born in 1960, in Calgary. The artist spends hours observing the habitat and behaviour of his wildlife subjects. He creates incredibly realistic paintings of scientific and anatomically detailed wildlife portraits. When Haley was photographing background material near the Saskatchewan border and the seventh baseline in Alberta, he came across an abandoned farmstead that inspired his painting. Although the area was devoid of people, it was teeming with wildlife. “There were swallows in the house, a pair of skunks under the house and a great horned owl in the barn,” Haley says. “The title ‘The New West’ came from the fact that when people leave, wildlife moves in. The Ferruginous Hawk, once threatened, is also making a comeback in the area”. Haley recreated the scene with this spectacular hawk as the focal point in this classic prairie painting. Darren Haley’s work has been honoured with the Collectors’ Choice Award at the Calgary Stampede Western Art Auction for 1995 and 1996 and Best of Show in 1999. Darren’s work has also been chosen for the Ducks Unlimited Artist of the Year in 2000, 2009 and 2010.

Incredibly realistic painting by Darren Haley

Raccoon. Incredibly realistic painting by Canadian self-taught artist

Incredibly realistic painting by Darren Haley

CAUGHT BY THE LIGHT, Darren Haley

Caught by the light

ATHABASCA SPRING, Darren Haley

Athabasca Spring

FOREST SHADOWS, Darren Haley

Forest shadows

FOX PORTRAIT, Darren Haley

Fox portrait

SHADY STRIPES, Darren Haley

Shady stripes

DAWN PATROL - PRONGHORN, Darren Haley

Dawn Patrol – Pronghorn

ALBERTA BOUNTY, Darren Haley

Alberta Bounty

GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE, Darren Haley

Good morning, sunshine

BREAKFAST BAR, Darren Haley

Breakfast bar

B.C. DOWNY WOODPECKER, Darren Haley

B.C. Downy Woodpecker

ASPEN BUDS - GREAT HORNED OWLS, Darren Haley

Aspen buds – Great Horned Owls

DASH OF RED, Darren Haley

Dash of red

ALPINE BOYS CLUB, Darren Haley

Alpine boys club

Incredibly realistic painting by Darren Haley

Lynx. Incredibly realistic painting

FULL HOUSE, Darren Haley

Full House

AND THE LITTLE ONE SAID, Darren Haley

And the little one said

BASKING IN SUNRAYS - COTTONTAIL, Darren Haley

Basking in sunrays – Cottontail

MASIKA NGOMO, Darren Haley

Masika Ngomo

CHOBE GIRAFFE, Darren Haley

Chobe Giraffe

ABOVE THE ATHABASCA, Darren Haley

Above the Athabasca

GOLDFINCH AND THISTLE, Darren Haley

Goldfinch and thistle

ASPEN HALO, Darren Haley

Aspen Halo

DAISY MAE COUGAR, Darren Haley

Daisy Mae Cougar

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