Meet the Artist.
Lïlï Dauphinee is an internationally-collected contemporary abstract painter, designer, and sculptor from Toronto, Canada. She currently lives and travels in South and Latin America, pursuing her passion for creating beautiful, original art and paintings.
She is the Founder of the Paint It Forward Charity Project, which has raised thousands of dollars for philanthropic causes since its inauguration in 2021. Lïlï donates to the collector’s cause of choice with every purchase of original contemporary abstract art. After the traumatic birth of her first son, she began to raise money for the NICU which saved his life, and continued the act of giving after her second son was also born into the same NICU. Since then, the Paint It Forward Charity Project has grown to include numerous charities. She now offers the opportunity for her collectors to contribute to their own meaningful causes by making donations in their names.
b. 1984 Toronto, Canada. Lives in Belize, Central America
Exhibitions & Awards
UPCOMING 2025 Solo Exhibition, Slide Gallery, Seattle. WA
2024 “PIECES OF US” Artist-Directed Online Exhibition
2023-2024 Resident Artist Itz’ana Luxury Resort & Residences, Belize Central America
2023 Placencia International Art Festival, Belize Central America
2023 Stories To Be Told Group Exhibit presented by Women United Art Movement
2021 Recipient of Inaugural NSAS Fine Art Scholarship
2021 Founder of Paint it Forward Charity Project, Curator & Artist
Press
2024 GetScene Artist Feature
2023 Podcast Interview with Colour Me Happy Studio, Brandi Hoffer
2023 COTFA Featured Artist Takeover
2022 Key 8-Page Feature, "Painting Our World" Book
2022 Podcast Interview with Art Mums United
2021 Create! Magazine Directory Feature
Artist Statement:
I paint with layers of oil and mixed media, using impasto techniques on canvas, linen, and wood. Each piece carries textures that emerge through repeated movements—tic-tac marks that speak to our inherent connection to others, breaking through the misconception of separateness.
My style is rooted in the contemporary abstract, embracing complexity and depth in ways that reflect my life—I once felt like a solitary “tic” surrounded by an overwhelming, impenetrable space. I experienced neurodivergence as a state of disconnect—an inability to meaningfully bond with others, believing it was unsafe or that I was somehow unworthy of it.
But this sense of isolation is an illusion, a narrative I imposed on myself. I discovered something profound through moments with nature, animals, and my children. I am not alone; I never was. I am simply part of a much larger, beautiful whole. Like my paintings, when you step back and view them as a complete image, the once-disparate elements reveal themselves as parts of an intricate whole.
My work is an invitation to reflect, to see that unity underpins everything—even in what seems fragmented—revealing itself as part of an intricate, evolving oneness. My paintings invite viewers to pause, reflect, step back, be drawn in again by intricacies, and then repeat, much like the seasons of life. In doing so, they glimpse how individual marks, textures, and experiences form something more significant—where isolation is merely the starting point for rediscovering a connection to nature, others, and oneself.
