Toni Onley
(1928 - 2004) ARCA
Previously Sold Works
TONI ONLEY
Abstraction
etching
signed, dated 1964 and numbered 48/50
9.75 x 11.5 ins ( 24.8 x 29.2 cms )
TONI ONLEY
San Carlos Tower
colour serigraph
signed, titled and numbered 14/40 in the lower margin; unframed
20.75 x 23 ins ( 52.7 x 58.4 cms ) ( sheet )
TONI ONLEY
Chilpancingo
mixed media on paper laid down on board
signed and dated 1961 lower right; titled on the reverse; unframed
17.5 x 22.5 ins ( 44.5 x 57.2 cms )
TONI ONLEY
Old Orchard, Browning Bay, North Pender Island, B.C.
watercolour
signed, titled and dated “3 September 1998” in the lower margin
10.5 x 14 ins ( 26.7 x 35.6 cms ) ( sight )
TONI ONLEY
Rocks, Lookout Island, Pointe au Baril, Ontario
pencil drawing
signed, titled, and dated “July 28, 1971” at the lower edge
5.5 x 8 ins ( 14 x 20.3 cms ) ( sight )
TONI ONLEY
Lookout Island, Pointe au Baril, Ont.
graphite drawing
signed, titled and dated “July 28 1971” at the lower edge
14 x 16 ins ( 35.6 x 40.6 cms )
TONI ONLEY
Trees, Lookout Island, Pointe au Baril, Ontario
pencil drawing
signed, titled and dated “July 28 1971” at the lower edge
14 x 16 ins ( 35.6 x 40.6 cms )
TONI ONLEY
Franklin’s Last Camp, Beachy Island
watercolour
signed, titled and dated “September 20 1974” at the lower edge
20 x 22 ins ( 50.8 x 55.9 cms )
TONI ONLEY
Bay at East Point Saturna Island, BC
watercolour
signed, titled and dated “September 3 1977” lower left
10 x 14 ins ( 25.4 x 35.6 cms ) ( sight )
TONI ONLEY
Savage Point, Tumbo Island B.C.
watercolour
signed, titled and dated “July 18 1978” lower left
10 x 14 ins ( 25.4 x 35.6 cms ) ( sight )
TONI ONLEY
Villa Fiesole
graphite on paper
signed lower right; titled and dated “May 12 1972” lower left; unframed
6.5 x 8.5 ins ( 16.5 x 21.6 cms ) ( sheet )
TONI ONLEY
Across our Street
graphite on paper
signed lower right; titled and dated lower left
7 x 9 ins ( 17.8 x 22.9 cms ) ( image )
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.
