Art
Life Is Not A Straight Line
Diana Carey
My work partially addresses and integrates a grand gestural technique with that of neo impressionist pointillism, leading to an abstract impressionism based on feeling rather than imagery, depth rather than surface quality. My intention is to wrest chaos, fundamental to the technique, into works that reference that technique,while retaining an image. Using sticks and brushes to splash, throw, and splatter numerous layers of acrylic paint onto a large supine canvas, I try and evoke the essence of a subject, taking care with my accuracy not to overly emphasize the image and thus minimize the process.
The intention and interactive play between the viewer’s perception and my technique determines the paintings perceived order and imagery. Each tiny splash of paint, each throw, chaotic yet cohesive, contributes to the substance that reads as organic subjects, subjects based mainly from my travels and from my home base in the hills of Southern California.
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Kay Colvin interview Coast News
Jonathan Goodman review N.Y art critic
ArtNews 2017
The American Scholar, portrait of the artist 2017
CA ArtNews 2016
Bachelor of Arts in Art with a distinction in Art History, SDSU 2013
2008-current, Painter/Educator
2013-2017 curator, Gallery at the Brooks, Oceanside
1997-2014, Artist/Lecturer/Poet/Workshop Leader
Creator Hearts of Stone and Contemporary Frescoes
SELECTED RECOGNITION
Museum Exhibits: solo: Japanese Friendship Garden, San Diego 2013 group: Oceanside Museum of Art 2020, 2019, 2017, 2015; SDAI 52nd International 2013, Women's Museum of California 2013; National Museum of Catholic Art and History 2010, DC; San Diego Museum of Natural History 2006; SDAI 48th international 2005; SDAI regional 2004
Institution Exhibits: Abbaye de Neumunster, Luxembourg 2011; Picture Art Foundation, CSUDH 2011; Picture Art Foundation, CSUDH 2013; Insight Labs, National Holocaust session 2013; NYSVA Workshop Leader 2011; Gotthelf Gallery, La Jolla Jewish Community Center 2004
Solo Exhibits: Rebecca Molayem Gallery, Los Angeles 2019, 2017; Nadine Baurin Fine Art Galley, Leucadia 2014; The Gallery at The Brooks, Oceanside 2014; Japanese Friendship Garden Museum, San Diego2013 ; 4Walls Gallery, San Diego 2006; Trios Gallery, Design District, Solana Beach 2004; Territories, Tucson, Joseph David Gallery, San Diego 2000
TWA: Twenty Women Artist: proposed and accepted TWA solo exhibits: Canon Gallery, The Prom 2018, The Prom; Fallbrook Library, Voices 2018; Fresh Paint Gallery, La Jolla, 20/20 Twenty Women of Vision; upcoming 2021 OMA, Now
Invitationals: City of Fontana Summer Artist Showcase 2019; Santa Clarita Art Slam 2013; City of Encinitas, We Hang Together 2008; Charles Bibbs 626 Gallery, Los Angeles 2008; Regents Gallery, Los Angeles 2007; Del Mar T.V. , poetry and art 2002
Specialty and Awards: Art Olympia Tokyo 2019 semi honorable mention; City of Fontana 2019; New York Arts Club 2010; Historic Society of Washington DC 2009; 2nd City Council and Performing Arts Space, Long Beach, 2nd place, juror, Dr. Allen Roberts, professor and museum expert World Arts and Culture 2002; San Diego County Fair, Best of Show, First Place, Special Award, Two Honorable Mentions
Media: Southwest Art Magazine, Women in Art August 2018, 2017; The American Scholar, Profile of the Artist, Sept. 2017; CA ArtNews, Featured Artist, February and September 2017; Legendary Locals, book inclusion 2012; Coast News, interviews, 2011, 2008, 2004; San Diego Decor and Style Magazine, featured artist, 2000
Public Collections: permanent: Mission Gathering Church, San Diego; National Museum of Catholic Art and History, New York; Firefly Wine Bar and Grill, Encinitas; 4 Walls Gallery, San Diego; temporary: The Ritz Carlton, Laguna Nigel 2017, 2018, 2020;The Gallery at The Brooks 2013-2017; Blue Heron Farms 2010-2018; Currant American Brasserie, Hotel Sofia 2008-2017
Corporate Collections: Troutman Sanders International Law Firm, Irvine; Poet Land and Cattle, Nevada; Xcelsior Corp., Del Mar; ARC Architects, La Costa
Workshops and Lectures: NYSVA; CSUSM; California Center for Creative Renewal; Casa de Amparo
Grants: Kerr Family Grant 2014; Collins Family Grant for Casa de Amparo; Kenneth A Picerne, Artist Outreach 2011
Memberships: TWA, LAAA , OMA, SDVAN
REPRESENTATION: Rebecca Molayem Gallery, Los Angeles; Adelman Fine Art, San Diego; Mitchell Contemporary, Idaho; LGOCA, Laguna Beach; L'Attitude, Boston; Culture Inside, Luxembourg 2010-2018; Mitchell Contemporary, Palm Desert 2017; The Gallery at the Brooks, 2013-2017; Nadine Baurin Fine Art, Leucadia, 2012-2015; Trios Gallery, Solana Beach 2003-2015; Territories, Tucson 2000-2003, Joseph David Gallery, San Diego 2000-2001
