My paintings are a result of my pursuit to understand and express how light creates color and how those different notes of color convey light.

Understanding how sunlight affects the perception we have of color and translating the many keys of light and shadow  to whatever subject I am drawn to is the challenge I face each time I put paint onto the canvas.

Born in Iowa, Diane moved to Boulder, Colorado in 1959. She lived in that area until December of 2008 when she relocated to North Carolina.

A degree in Fine Arts from the University of Northern Colorado where she studied printmaking and graphic design led to 10 years in Denver, Colorado as a graphic designer/artist in the advertising field.

Diane’s first painting class was in March of 2002 when she studied with Chuck Ceraso learning to see and paint color with the influence of light, studies he based on the teachings of Henry Hensche from the Cape School of Art. Diane studied with Ceraso for four years with pastel as her medium.

That brought her to a year long study with Kevin Weckbach in 2006 where she also began painting in oil. In addition, Diane has studied with Ken Valastro and Quang Ho at the Art Students League of Denver in Colorado.

Diane lives in the Lake Norman area with her husband where she paints full time and teaches studio classes and a few workshops each year.