Dianne Lynne McDiarmid

Dianne has always enjoyed a love for the arts and in particular painting. Opportunity to travel and view art both local and abroad constantly fueled a growing desire to discover a new and more personal creative direction. In her earlier years as wife, mother and homemaker she followed a career in the field of hairdressing and at the same time filled creative moments with other interests including interior decorating and ceramic work.

After many years as a hairdresser, homemaker and mother of three, she decided to make time to study drawing and painting through the Federation of Canadian Artist’s Foundation Program. During the ‘90’s many other workshops followed and Dianne recognized a growing passion for painting in oils.

She loved the tactile quality and immediacy of this medium and felt it best suited her love of surface and color.

Dianne’s paintings combine a love of surface and color with an inherent sense of pattern. They often express a naivety of shapes, reconciled with a real strength in values and surface integrity. Subjects are varied and usually represent something from her day to day experiences in life. The paintings never fail to express her “joie de vie” and outgoing nature.

Dianne is an active member of the Federation of Canadian Artist’s and enjoys the fellowship and encouragement of many well known Canadian and American artists, continuing to paint and explore new directions in her work.