"Forms that radiate vibrant color energize my soul and lead me on a delightful journey into expression with watercolor or silk. The vehicle for this color discovery may be a brilliant poppy or a shimmering fish. They are both wondrous creations of nature and celebrations of life."

Originally from St. Louis, Diane graduated from the Kansas City Art Institue and taught in the Independence, Missouri public school district. She moved to Kansas in 1975. A member of the Kansas Watercolor Society and the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, her works have been selected for many important exhibitions, including the prestigious Watercolor USA exhibition.

Diane's work has been published by Leanin' Tree, Inc, and has been chosen for a variety of corporate and private collections, such as the Hays Medical Center; Sprint Corporation, in Kansas City, MO; Anderson Accounting and First National Bank, both in Chicago, IL; and the First Charter Bank in Kansas City, MO.

Her work was also selected for the Key Club for the United Way of Greater Topeka, and she was the poster artist for the Topeka Festival Singers in 1995. She has received many awards and, most

recently, was interviewed on Kansas Arts Today, where she demonstrated her most recent love and challenge, silk painting.

Diane is represented by the Van Straaten Gallery in Chicago, the Norton Gallery in St. Louis, and the Sherry Leedy Gallery in Kansas City. Her studio, where she teaches classes in watercolor and conducts silk painting workships, is in Berryton, KS.