Artist Statement

Scenes that suggest mystery, serenity, and simplicity, have always inspired me.

With my camera focused to capture the image, I allow myself to slow down and reflect on the quiet beauty before me.

The time I spend hand coloring the black and white photograph presents me with another opportunity for contemplation. In this busy world of speed and technology, it is my hope that I can give back to the viewer a little bit of the calm and inspiration I experienced while creating the image.

I print my black and white photographs on a matte surface paper. Photo oil paints or pastels, and colored art pencils are carefully applied to each print. This technique is similar to what photographic artists practiced before color film was available.

Only 25 prints will be made of the same black and white image. However, the hand coloring transforms each photograph in a slightly different way, making each final piece an original work of art.

Biography

While attending college to pursue an accounting degree, Dianne took a black and white photography course to help satisfy the art requirement. Passion for photography developed almost immediately and her goal of becoming a CPA quickly disappeared.

After working almost exclusively with black and white images for several years, she was introduced to the art of hand coloring and found a completely new realm of possibilities.

Dianne’s images are available worldwide as prints published by Portal Publishing and Bentley Publishing Group. Corporate collectors include St Mary’s Hospital in San Francisco, Kaiser Hospital in Sacramento and ResMed Corporation in South Carolina.

Dianne works out of her studio located upstairs in the Art Foundry Building at 1021 R Street in downtown Sacramento.

Blog

I recently started posting to a journal that is now up and running. In response to many questions I receive, I will be sharing techniques and other information about the images I create.

Other entries include pictures of my studio for those of you who do not live in the Sacramento area, as well as a "behind the scenes" look into the world of art festivals.

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