Language formed between the boundaries of speech and silence, form and formlessness, logic and intuition, inner and outer worlds, and how they connect. These images are reflections drawn from relationship of emotional memories stored within the walls of unoccupied spaces of an earlier time. I am interested in the strength of intuition of the unknown, the place of silence that color brings where words are lost. I want each painting to ask something, and at its best moments, I want the question to remain unanswered. It is the place between speech and silence that the viewer brings knowledge, experience and memory. How their images are interpreted, and conceptualized within a place that connects with mine.

Diane is a ceramic artist, painter, and art educator with a BFA in Drawing and Painting from the University of Utah, and a Master's in Education from Seattle University. Diane has taught Art History and 2-D Design at Seattle Pacific University, ceramics and painting at Kirkland Art Center, Bellevue Art Museum, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Bellevue School District, and Eton Montessori. Completed tile projects by the artist include Bellevue Downtown Public Library Story Time Tunnel, Nordstrom Decorative Tiles, and Bellevue School District Bennett Elementary. Currently Diane owns and directs Kelsey Creek Fine Arts School for Children. Her studio is in Ballard at Building C, and she lives in a small 1910 home in West Seattle.

Studio - Ballard
www.BuildingC.com
open every second saturdays of the month 6-9pm

for a virtual tour of Diane's studio visit: http://www.vrseattle.com/pages/browse.php?cat_id=828