About the Artist

Diane Pike was born in Iowa, and moved to Boulder, Colorado in September, 1959.  Boulder was home for 50 years until the Lake Norman area of North Carolina became her residence in late 2008. Fortunes have turned once again and Diane recently moved back to Colorado in June of 2020. Diane graduated from the University of Northern Colorado with a focus on graphic design and printmaking. She took her first painting class in 2002, learning the Henry Hensche tradition --sometimes referred to as The Art of Color Seeing--studying the effect that light has on color.  This approach to understanding color laid the foundation to Diane's paintings and eventually led to the strong infusion of color and abstracted shapes in her work.

Diane is represented by Awaken Gallery in Mount Holly, North Carolina, and Osmosis Gallery in Niwot, Colorado.

Diane paints full-time at her Longmont, Colorado studio. Diane also teaches several workshops a year---Texas, New Mexico, Alaska, North Carolina, Cape Cod and Ireland have been recent workshop locations. She is a member of Women Painters West, Signature Member of Plein Air Artists Colorado, and a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of Colorado.