DIANA LYNN GORDON Painter

Artist's statement

I am an oil painter, a trained prehistoric archaeologist, a mother of two, a home renovator and a web site designer, among other things. I first studied oil painting with Syd Brittan, copying Renaissance and Modern painters, and then branching into my own images. After my children were born, I wanted to participate more in their explosive creativity. So I took painting and sculpture at the Dundas Valley School of Art, where I am currently working towards a Level 2 certificate.

I have done watercolours, acrylics, photography, collage and sculpture, but it is with oils that I come alive. The delicious colours, the buttery texture, the flow and dance of the paint itself appeal to me. With oils, I feel that I am walking in the footsteps of great painters but have only begun to explore the medium and its possibilities. My work is mostly representational with a tendency towards abstraction.

Paintings communicate at many levels, conscious and unconscious. They can cause you to look, absorb, and remember without necessarily knowing why.

Personal website: www.dianagordon.com

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