Toni Onley
(1928 - 2004) ARCA
Current Sale
TONI ONLEY
Fourty Below, Baffin Bay
oil on canvas
signed lower right; titled and dated 1986 on the reverse
30 x 40 ins ( 76.2 x 101.6 cms )
Estimated: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Current bid: $1,500.00Next bid is: $1,600.00
Closes October 10th at 03:00:00 PM EDT
TONI ONLEY
Pine Trees, Little McCoy Island, Georgian Bay, Ontario
watercolour
signed, titled and dated “3 August 1988” along the lower edge; unframed
11 x 15.25 ins ( 27.9 x 38.7 cms ) ( sheet )
Estimated: $600.00 - $800.00
Next bid is: $400.00
Closes October 10th at 04:15:00 PM EDT
TONI ONLEY
Little McCoy Island, Georgian Bay, Ontario
watercolour
signed, titled and dated “4 August 1988” along the lower edge; unframed
11.25 x 15.25 ins ( 28.6 x 38.7 cms ) ( sheet )
Estimated: $600.00 - $800.00
Next bid is: $400.00
Closes October 10th at 04:15:00 PM EDT
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T. Onley Biography
(1928 - 2004) ARCA
Widely known for his distinctive landscapes, British Columbia artist Toni Onley was born in 1928 on the Isle of Man and was educated in England and Mexico. He made his first trip to the Arctic in 1974 and later published “Onley's Arctic: Diaries and Paintings of the High Arctic”. His work has been the subject of a critical study by Roger Boulet entitled “Toni Onley, A Silent Thunder”. A recipient of the Order of Canada, Onley published Toni Onley's “British Columbia: A Tribute”(Raincoast, 1999) and an autobiography, “Flying Colours: The Toni Onley Story” (Harbour Publishing, 2003), as told to Gregory Strong, which recounts his victory as a 'Rolls-Royce rebel' who fought against Revenue Canada on a personal taxation issue, threatening to burn his paintings.
Onley died on February 29, 2004 in a single-plane accident when he crashed his plane into the Fraser River while presumably practicing landings and take-offs.
