Vicki Darken, née Victoria Ormond (10 March 1923[1] – 3 May 2014), was an Australian landscape painter, based in the Northern Territory.
Darken was born in Darwin, Northern Territory, a daughter of Charles Ormond.
[4] On 25 June 1942 she married policeman Constable Bob Darken (died 17 February 2000), and their tent honeymoon is said to have given Honeymoon Gap in the Western MacDonnell Ranges, its name; subsequently they were posted to outback stations including Tennant Creek and Harts Range.
[4] Darken was awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 1968, which enabled her to study painting in Europe.
[5] She died at Alice Springs, Northern Territory aged 91, survived by daughters Sondra and Joanne.