Diane Whalley
Defining the Way
Original Abstract Painting
Paint on Canvas
Canvas Size: H 20cm x W 20cm
Framed Size: H 25cm x W 25cm
Sold in a White Float Frame
(Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a piece may look).
Defining the Way is an original abstract expressionist landscape of life painting by emerging artist Diane Whalley. This little artwork has been created with several layers of paint with oil pastel and graphite detailing.
Having created Defining Beauty I loved the colours so much that day that I painted another piece that worked so well with it. This one is more about the landscape and paths we take in life. So, what appears to simply be a delightful abstract landscape becomes more about reflection on life and the choices we make, defining the way we move forwards. It has simple, fresh and naturally honest colours and forms that are absorbing enough to lose oneself in.
Size: H:20 cm x W:20 cm
Diane Whalley has original artworks for sale with Wychwood Art in their art gallery and online.
Diane Whalley has been creating and designing for a number of years across a number of disciplines, but since 2016 she began her adventure with abstract painting, mainly in acrylics, sometimes with oil pastel, graphite and mark making details. Her paintings are often a mix of layered muted colours with splashes of brighter shades, using abstract images and ethereal, painterly swathes resulting in fresh, light and immersive compositions. Through the layers of paint can be glimpsed images and detailing. She paints intuitively from the imagination and personal reflections.
After graduating from Liverpool School of Art and Design with a BA (hons) degree Diane worked for a number of years for the media and PR agencies. It was after becoming a mum to two daughters that she returned to her love of art and design. At first she worked with textiles producing and selling quirky and colourful pictures in Warwickshire and Kent. When tragedy struck her family she was propelled onto a new path with her daughters deciding to make Cornwall her home. It was a time of reflection and learning to sail, with longs trips around the Mediterranean. This period has greatly influenced her work - full of contemplation, vibrancy, experimentation and expressionism.
Diane now works from her garden studio and gallery at her home just on the outskirts of Fowey. Here she is surrounded by AONB and just a stone’s throw from the beautiful Cornish coastline, from where she draws some of her inspiration.
Over the years her artworks have been exhibited in Kent, Warwickshire and Cornwall - including Cornwall Open Studios week and selected artworks for Penwith Gallery associate members summer exhibition 2018 and St.Ives Society of Artists winter exhibition 2019 - and she is represented in Oxfordshire by Wychwood Art.
Diane’s artworks can be found in private collections in Paris, Dublin, Australia, South Africa and across the UK.
To discuss any art works or to commission art by Diane Whalley, please contact Deborah Allan on deborah@wychwoodart.com or call 07799 535765 / 01869 338155.
