Diana’s Biography

Diana is a native New Yorker – born in Brooklyn and raised in Queens Village.  In 1973, she moved to Zaragoza, Spain, where she launched her college professorship career at a military installation for the City Colleges of Chicago.  She continued her adjunct professorship at several colleges in Florida, Arizona, and South Carolina from 1973 until 2002.  Her BA and MA degrees are in Psychology, Human Resource Management, and Business.  With every military reassignment, she experienced new places to visit and photograph, as well as continue to create with her paintings, both of which she entered into juried shows throughout her travels. 

Diana has an affinity for both urban and country settings for her photography.  She paints in all mediums,  except oils, and uses specialty texture mediums to give her artwork a 3-D look.  Her current passions are watercolors and inks, and she is now adding Klecksography Art to her styles.  Picasso has always been her inspiration and during the 1980’s, while living in Germany, her passion for abstract art was born. 

In 1992 she opened an antiques and collectibles business vending at numerous Antique and Collectibles Malls throughout SC, NC and FL.  

In 2006 Diana entered the world of real estate in SC before moving to Asheville, NC in 2014.  Her egalitarian trend of thought drove her to identify with a commune in Asheville, but that never materialized.  Instead, she discovered the exciting world of hospitality for which to work.  She continued to create, exhibit, and sell her art throughout the cities of Asheville (the vibrant sector and heartbeat of the Blue Ridge Mountains) and Black Mountain, NC.  Her work caught the eyes of the DoubleTree Hilton Hotel management and she was invited to exhibit and sell her creations there, while serving as their Marketplace Team Lead, Fine Dining Server, and Banquet Hostess/Attendant.  

In 2017, she moved to Florida to attend to family matters.  Although she continued her artwork and photography, exhibits came to a standstill when COVID hit.  During this pandemic, her work took her to a dark and bizarre place with her paintings reflecting the societal changes taking place throughout the world.

In 2023, with COVID somewhat contained, Diana has re-established her memberships with the Vero Beach Art Club, the Cultural Council, Indian River Public Library, and the Museum of Art.  She hopes to resume exhibiting her work at various venues through these affiliations.

She has exhibited and sold paintings, collages, pottery, ceramics, and photography at numerous venues in Colorado, Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina since 1992. She is the recipient of first-place monetary awards for her paintings and her photography.

Diana is a staunch supporter of the Wounded Warriors efforts and served as a volunteer artist in the Creative Journey Project at the Ft. Jackson Army Training Base in Columbia, SC in 2013.  A video of the project can be viewed on her “Wounded Warriors” page on this website.  The theme song for the video is from one of her favorite movies, “The General’s Daughter”.

Diana was invited to teach Veterans Art Classes at the Vero Beach Art Club, and is considering doing so in 2024. The art style to be introduced to the Veterans will be monotyping and monoprinting, both negative and positive spaces.