Toni Onley
(1928 - 2004) ARCA
Previously Sold Works
TONI ONLEY
Blue Stone
oil on board
signed lower right; titled and dated “January 1982” on the reverse
20 x 24 ins ( 50.8 x 61 cms )
TONI ONLEY
Three Towers; Sanctuary of Athens
two serigraphs
“Three Towers” - signed, titled and numbered 13/38 in the lower margin 11.25 x 15 ins (plate);
“Sanctuary of Athens” - signed, titled and numbered 24/27 in the lower margin, 11.25 x 15.25 (plate)
11.25 x 15.25 ins ( 28.6 x 38.7 cms ) ( largest (plate) )
TONI ONLEY
Darkening Land; Driftwood
two colour serigraphs
- “Darkening Land” (signed, titled and numbered 19/33 in the lower margin - 11 x 15 ins. [sight];
- “Driftwood” (signed, titled and numbered 16/36 in the lower margin - 11 x 15 ins. [sight]
11 x 15 ins ( 27.9 x 38.1 cms ) ( each image )
TONI ONLEY
Path to Wendy’s Studio, Soanet, California
watercolour
signed, titled and dated “April 10 1976” lower left
10.5 x 14.25 ins ( 26.7 x 36.2 cms ) ( sight )
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 )
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 )
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 )
TONI ONLEY
McCoy Island, Georgian Bay, Ontario
watercolour
signed, titled and dated “27 July 1999’ along the lower edge; unframed
11.25 x 15 ins ( 28.6 x 38.1 cms ) ( sheet )
TONI ONLEY
McCoy Island, Georgian Bay, Ontario
watercolour
signed lower right, titled and dated “4 August 1988” lower left
11 x 15 ins ( 27.9 x 38.1 cms ) ( sight )
TONI ONLEY
MacCoy Island, Georgian Bay, Ontario
watercolour
signed lower right, titled and dated “17 July 1993” lower left
10.75 x 14.5 ins ( 27.3 x 36.8 cms ) ( sight )
TONI ONLEY
Black Island/Coast Suite; White Mountain/Western Suite; Selkirk Range/Western Suite
three colour serigraphs
- "White Mountain/Western Suite" (signed, titled and numbered 8/48 in the lower margin - 11 x 15 ins. [image]);
- "Selkirk Range/Western Suite" (signed, titled and numbered 8/50 in the lower margin - 11 x 15 ins. [image]);
- "Black Island/Coast Suite" (signed, titled and inscribed "Hors commerce X/X" in the lower margin - 10.75 x 15 ins. [image])
11 x 15 in ( 27.9 x 38.1 cm ) ( image [each] )
Auction Estimate: $900.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $780.00
Sale date: July 23rd 2024
TONI ONLEY
Ancient Stones
acrylic on panel
signed lower right; signed, titled and inscribed "Silent River" on the reverse
20 x 25.75 in ( 50.8 x 65.4 cm )
Auction Estimate: $900.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $1,920.00
Sale date: March 25th 2025
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.
