By permission of the artist, The Cyber Art Show is pleased to feature the second of two 12-piece exhibitions of works by American landscape painter Diana Shearon (born 1954 in Georgia, USA).

Drawing and painting are life passions for Diana. As a little girl she would beg to be given the white butcher paper wrappings from her mother on which to draw and color for hours. Her first drawing lesson was in 1st grade in a rural schoolroom when Mrs. Olsen drew an elephant on the chalkboard using letters of the alphabet. Diana was thrilled to learn how to take those lines to create an image.

 

As a teenager, her frequent request for Christmas was a set of acrylic paints from the Sears and Roebuck Catalog (which she finally received when she was sixteen). Diana attended the University of Arkansas in the late 90's and achieved her dream of an academic art degree. While taking refresher classes at the Arkansas Art Center she discovered two books-- one by Sherrie McGraw and another by David Leffel. Their abstract realism approach to drawing and painting was exactly the technique Diana wished to develop in her own work.

Diana returned to fine art after 20 years as a professional freelance graphic designer. Working in the graphic design and photography field was been rewarding, but returning to the studio to become a full-time painter fulfilled her dream. Since her return she as sought out national-level instruction and competes in regional and national competitions. The last several years have been very exciting - workshops with Sherrie McGraw (four), David Leffel, Jackie Kamin, Greg Kruetz, Rose Franzten, Roger Dale Brown, Tim Tyler and Guido Frick have helped her art progress in both landscape work and studio work. A wonderful week at Studio Incamminati in Philadelphia with Stephen Early and Darren Kingsley helped strengthen her figurative work. Plein air painting has become a particularly favorite genre. Diana continues her weekly plein air instruction with Victoria Harvey OPA of Nantucket, MA.

 

Diana is a juried member of the Oil Painters of America, American Impressionist Society, American Women Artists, Memphis/Germantown Art League and a signature member of the Arkansas League of Artists. She has been juried into multiple regional and national competitions most recently the Missouri Valley Impressionist Society 4th National Exhibition 2015 in St. Louis, MO and the Memphis Germantown Art League 2015 National Exhibition in Cordova, TN. She received 1st Place in the Arkansas League of Artist June 2015 Competitive.  
 

                          Recent Exhibitions
 

2015 - 21st ANA Regional Exhibition - Fayetteville Underground Gallery, Fayetteville, AR Juried
 

2015 - Memphis Germantown Art League National Exhibition - WKNO Gallery 1091, Cordova, TN Juror Paul Jackson, AWS

 

2015 - 1st Place June Competitive Arkansas League of Artists - Cantrell Gallery, Little Rock, AR
 

2015 - Arkansas League of Artists Spring Show - Argenta Gallery, North Little Rock
 

2015 - Missouri Valley Impressionist Society 4th National Exhibition - St. Louis, MO
 

2015 - Quapaw Quarter Figure Drawing Group - Rivermarket Artspace, Little Rock, AR

 

2014 - Arkansas Repertory Theatre Featured Artworks Artist - Main Lobby
 

2014 - Quapaw Quarter Figure Drawing Group - Mugs Café Artspace.
 

2014 - Arkansas League of Artist Spring Members Show - 2nd Place Landscape - Juror Kevin Kresse
 

2014 - Missouri Valley Impressionist Society 3rd Annual Juried Show - Juror Dr. William Eickhorst Park University
 

2014 - River Market Art Space Featured Artist Solo Exhibition

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