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Scottsdale, Arizona - United States
Diane Olsen - Fine Artist
Member Since: 02/14/2009
Diane Olsen is a professional artist, art instructor and art coach. Her award winning oil and watercolor paintings have been shown in over 70 national, regional and local exhibitions and have been featured in art publications, books and magazines since 1995. She teaches studio and plein air workshops and is co-creator and co-leader with Doug Michaels of “Heart2Art…Painting Your Journey” Workshops.
She was born and raised in Western Michigan and now lives in the Arizona desert, returning to Michigan in the summer. Diane is a graduate of Hope College and Western Michigan University.
Through her years of painting, she has developed her own unique personal style which she calls Expressionistic Synthesis. Combining elements of realism with abstraction, the use of open color and with emphasis of equal importance on both color and shape, Diane paints her favorite subjects of the sailboats, sun, the desert and mountains. The sailboat in particular is seen as a metaphor for one’s life. Whether out to sea or in the harbor, alone or in groups, it represents the many aspects, challenges and joys in life. Diane creates with a sense of adventure to the journey found in each new painting.