Diane lives and works in the I'On Village in Mount Pleasant, SC.

Diane creates contemporary, original oil paintings of your family, your pets, and her impressions of the world we live in. A native of Virginia, where she met her husband, Michael and they raised their large, extended family.  She has traveled extensively, often visiting Great Britain where her husband was born.  She draws from her life experiences and travels,  in her work.  She moved to the Charleston area in 2000 . 

Her portraits of animals and people and paintings from life are on display in many homes in the Charleston area, throughout the US and in Europe

 

You can find examples of her work in I'On at:

Sweet Olive Garden map

Grammy B's, Corolla, NC

Art Space Gallery, Richmond VA

Also online at this website and in her studio by Appointment

 

She has had the privilege of learning from many masters and is particularly grateful to:

Evelyn Raper who taught her discipline

Martin Ahrens who taught her to see

Joyce Hall who taught her to paint

Cindy Saadeh who gave her confidence

and to God for the gift of Art and the beauty of His creations

Summer 2011 - she studied the Old Masters' techniques with Richard in Sete, France

She has also attended workshops with:

Rhett Thurman

Lynn Gertenbach

Jim Darlington

Shannon Smith

Karen Hagen Hewitt

Loryn Brazier

Karen Vecchioni

Carolyn Epperly

Hilarie Lambert

She is a founding member and first president of  Community of I'On Artists (http://www.ionartist.com )

Also founding committee leader for  A 2nd View, the Art Guild of Second Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC (http://www.secondpresbyterianchurch.org