Diane Swanson

VWS Signature Member

This Artist Accepts Commissions. Please contact by email

Contact Information:

Phone: (518) 260-9885

Email: diane@freehawk.net

Website: http://www.dianeswansonart.com/

Artists Bio: As an artist based in the Northeast, much of Diane Swanson’s work celebrates the aesthetics of our landscapes, lakes, mountains and coastline. The inherent poetry of nature and the push and pull of positive and negative space inspire her painting practice. Although her paintings are representational, she approaches her work with an eye to more abstract qualities, harmonizing atmosphere and movement with form, color and line. The forms of color and color within color that result from her painting process are the inspiration and what she chooses to push back into negative space and pull forward into the positive is the challenge.

All of her work is biographical in the sense that she experienced that moment of being there on the scene, either painting it directly or taking photo reference for future paintings. Oftentimes, the work is metaphorical, standing in for a mood or story, evoking a sense of time and place.

Her work has been exhibited in many juried, group and solo shows throughout the Northeast and her landscapes and commissioned paintings have found homes with collectors all over the US. The artist welcomes painting commissions – she creates custom portraits of homes, buildings, animals, memorable scenes and favorite views. Diane also conducts workshops, teaching artists of all levels how to enjoy watercolor as a medium.

Recent Paintings