Artist Statement
Multiple award winning Artist, Dianna Shyne, infuses her paintings with a sense of vitality and life- affirming joy. Pursuing her passion for art, Dianna has spent 15 years studying with renowned Russian Impressionist teachers and over forty years working in acrylics, oils and watercolors.
Dianna has exhibited her work in more than 60 solo and two person exhibitions, and won numerous top National awards, Including first place in The Artist’s Magazine 2013 all media competition. Her work is included in publications such as The Artist Magazine, Watercolor Magic and Northlight Books. Dianna’s painting “Americana” was featured in the 2013 edition of “Acrylic Works the Best of Acrylic Painting” published by Northlight Books.
Dianna has given workshops, lectures, classes and demonstrations locally, around the country and in Canada, Italy and China. She currently teaches online with Acrylic University. Her teaching videos are enjoyed by thousands of students around the world.
To Dianna, teaching is a joy as well as an art. Her classes are both informative and inspirational, conveying not only theoretical art concepts but also delving into the deeper issues of creativity and the ongoing artistic journey.
From luminous dripping washes to impasto palette knife and painterly brush strokes, Dianna’s paintings tap into her Russian Impressionist training to evoke the passage of light and deep emotion.
