Toni Onley
(1928 - 2004) ARCA
Previously Sold Works
TONI ONLEY
Quiet Zone
oil and collage on board
signed and dated 1964 lower left; titled on the reverse
20 x 25 ins ( 50.8 x 63.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $6,325.00
Sale date: November 23rd 2017
TONI ONLEY
Glacial Boulders, Savary Island, B.C.
oil on canvas
signed lower left; titled and dated 1984 on the stretcher
30 x 40 ins ( 76.2 x 101.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized $5,192.00
Sale date: September 24th 2020
TONI ONLEY
Arctic Bay
oil on canvas
signed lower left; titled and dated 1975 on the stretcher
29.25 x 33.25 ins ( 74.3 x 84.5 cms )
TONI ONLEY
Montague Bay - Galiano Island
silkscreen
signed, titled, numbered 40/45 and inscribed “A.P” in lower margin
12 x 18 ins ( 30.5 x 45.7 cms )
TONI ONLEY
Drift Logs - Ambleside
colour serigraph
signed, titled and inscribed “A.P. 32/45” in the lower margin; unframed
13 x 20 ins ( 33 x 50.8 cms ) ( sheet )
TONI ONLEY
Still Life in a Landscape
colour serigraph
signed, titled and numbered 19/20 in the lower margin
11.25 x 15 ins ( 28.6 x 38.1 cms ) ( image )
TONI ONLEY
Silent Pavillion
colour serigraph
signed, titled and numbered 3/20 in the lower margin
11 x 15 ins ( 27.9 x 38.1 cms ) ( image )
TONI ONLEY
Mythical Landscape
colour serigraph
signed, titled and numbered 3/20 in the lower margin
11.25 x 15 ins ( 28.6 x 38.1 cms ) ( image )
TONI ONLEY
Silent Valley
colour serigraph
signed, titled and numbered 3/20 in the lower margin
11.25 x 15 ins ( 28.6 x 38.1 cms ) ( image )
TONI ONLEY
Silent Farm
colour serigraph
signed, titled and numbered 3/20 in the lower margin
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms ) ( subject )
TONI ONLEY
Haunted Field
colour serigraph
signed, titled and numbered 3/20 in the lower margin
11.25 x 15 ins ( 28.6 x 38.1 cms ) ( subject )
TONI ONLEY
Abstraction
oil on paper laid down on board
signed and dated 1961 lower right
22.5 x 17.5 ins ( 57.2 x 44.5 cms )
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.
