Dallas Deng Art

05/27/2026

✨ Feeling grateful.
Luminous Stillness has found its new home through the 2026 April & May Curated Collection Exhibition by the Federation of Canadian Artists.

That makes two works sold from this exhibition — something I truly don’t take for granted.

This painting grew out of my fascination with light on water — that quiet moment when reflections soften into gold, violet, and blue, and everything feels suspended between movement and stillness.

I wasn’t trying to paint a place as much as a feeling:
when time slows down just enough for silence to become luminous.

💛My sincere thanks to the Federation Gallery, and to the collectors for bringing these works into their homes.

👉 More works available at 🌐 dallasdeng.com

                                             

05/25/2026

"Sunlight spills across the water, gently awakening the slumbering lotuses. A breeze stirs the ripples—it is nature’s tender morning call." 🌅
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Congratulations to Dallas Deng and the client on the sale of "Morning Call"! This dazzling painting was featured in the 2025-2026 November, December & January Curated Collection. 🎉⁠
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You can view the full exhibition online via the link in our bio. 🖌️

05/24/2026

✨ Happy to share that Pacific Ember has found its new home through the 2026 April & May Curated Collection.

This piece came from my fascination with West Coast light — not a sunset itself, but the feeling of standing before it.

Here, light doesn’t simply fade. It burns, shifts, dissolves into violets, embers, and molten gold.

I paint these moments not to record a place, but to hold a sensation — somewhere between fire and water, movement and stillness.

💛 Grateful to the Federation Gallery for this opportunity, and to the collector for giving this work a new home.

👉 More works available at 🌐 dallasdeng.com

                                             

05/21/2026

✨ New work available
Passage Through Lion Gate Bridge, Original oil painting, 11″x14″ (27.9×35.5cm)

At dusk, Vancouver’s Lion Gate Bridge burns with orange, crimson, and violet light as a cruise ship moves quietly beneath it.

More than a scene, this painting became a feeling of passage — through light, atmosphere, and time.

Built with thick impasto and layered brushwork, I wanted the surface to carry both movement and stillness at once.

👉 More works available at 🌐 dallasdeng.com

                                             

05/16/2026

Dallas Deng Oil Paintings @ Melo Patisserie
May - August, 2026
154 E 8th Ave, Vancouver

This spring and summer, my oil paintings return to the warm and welcoming space of Melo Patisserie for a new exhibition running from May through August 2026. Following the beautiful memories created during last year’s exhibition, I’m grateful to once again share my work in a place where art, conversation, coffee, and quiet moments naturally come together.

Gathered in Light Dallas Deng Oil Paintings @ Melo Patisserie This spring and summer, my oil paintings return to the warm and welcoming space of Melo Patisserie for a new...

05/15/2026

Gathered in Light～Dallas Deng Oil Paintings @ Melo Patisserie

This spring and summer, my oil paintings return to the warm and welcoming space of Melo Patisserie for a new exhibition running from May through August 2026.

Following the beautiful memories created during last year’s exhibition, I’m grateful to once again share my work in a place where art, conversation, coffee, and quiet moments naturally come together.

Date: May - August, 2026
Add: 154 E 8th Ave, Vancouver

👉 More works available at 🌐 dallasdeng.com

                                             

05/14/2026

The 2026 AIMAE invites all artists to submit unframed works up to 8 by 10 inches. Explore what Inspiration means to you in this compact-sized showcase! Just a little over two weeks left till the deadline on May 30th! ⏳️

🌎️ Open to ALL Artists Internationally ⁠
🖥️ In-gallery & Online Juried Exhibition⁠
🎨 Open to 2D submissions only
🏆️ $1000 CA First Place Prize ⁠
🌟 Qualifying for the Elected Member Status Point⁠
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Submit now at artists.ca 🖌️

05/13/2026

Happy to share this one.
Wonderful Bath
Original oil painting
Selected for the 2026 On the Edge Exhibition by the Federation of Canadian Artists.

This piece came from a quiet morning by a lake in Vancouver —
two white birds moving through light,
water gently shifting around them.

I remember being drawn to the small movements —
the ripples, the reflections,
how everything felt calm, but never still.

I kept the strokes short and rhythmic,
building up layers so the surface could carry that sense of motion.

It’s a simple scene,
but for me it was really about that feeling of release —
when everything slows down just enough to breathe.

👉 More works available at 🌐 dallasdeng.com

                                             

05/06/2026

I didn’t expect this one to go so quickly.
Golden Voyage, 14″ × 11″, oil on canvas

It started with that last bit of light at the end of the day —
when the sun is almost gone,
but the water is still holding onto it.

There’s always that moment where everything feels… softer.
Not bright, not dark — just in between.

I added the small boat later.
It felt necessary.
Something to carry that feeling forward,
instead of letting it just disappear.

Maybe that’s what this piece became for me —
not really about distance,
but about moving toward something quieter, more settled.

🏛️ Selected for the 2026 Art Speaks Exhibition and the 2025 Beautiful BC Exhibition (Nature Trust BC)
😊 Now in a private collection

👉 More works available at 🌐 dallasdeng.com

                                             

04/28/2026

Just collected.
Homeward Boat, 14″ × 11″, oil on canvas

I didn’t think too much when I started this piece. Just that image of a small boat… moving slowly toward the last bit of light.

There’s something about that time of day — not dramatic, not loud, just quiet and certain.

The water catches the light in a soft way, almost like it’s guiding the way back.

Maybe that’s what I was painting without realizing it — that feeling of returning. Not just to a place, but to something more familiar, more settled inside.

🏛️ Selected for the 2026 Feb & Mar Curated Collection (FCA)
😊 Now in a private collection

👉 More works available at 🌐 dallasdeng.com

                                             

04/27/2026

Just collected.
Beneath the Sunset Glow
14″ × 11″, oil on canvas

I kept thinking about that moment just before the light disappears —
when everything softens, and the day doesn’t end so much as it settles.

A quiet figure stands by the water,
not really doing anything,
just present…
somewhere between letting go and holding on.

The colours came gently —
gold slipping into pink, then into lavender and amber —
like the sky dissolving rather than changing.

🏛️ Selected for the 2026 Scenes From Canada Exhibition
✨ Now in a private collection

👉 More works available at 🌐 dallasdeng.com