Diane Arenberg

medium: painting

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Cottonwood Cathedral 2004 Painting	Moonlight Meditation 2001 Graphic art	Navajo Sunset 2001 Graphic art
Nestled 2004 Painting	A Prairie Garden 2004 Painting	Red Buffalo Vision 2002 Graphic art
Tanque Verde Wash 2002 Painting	The Unwinding Place 2004 Painting	Dreamer's Catch 2001 Graphic art
Red Moon 2003 Graphic art

Contact information
10522 N. Manor Circle
Mequon, WI 53092
Phone Number: 262-242-4076
Email Address: santafedla@aol.com
Web site: www.pastels.cc

Artist statement
Color, light, texture and form: four elements in nature that have captivated me for years! Whether I am looking at the grandeur of the landscape, a gemstone or ink as it is spread across a printing plate, I continually look for ways to incorporate my fascination with these phenomena in my artistic creations.

Although I will pursue a single theme in a variety of mediums and styles, these threads are present, regardless of the materials I choose.

My work varies from impressionistic to abstract. Art enables me to express feelings that cannot be said with words; similarly, abstraction provides me a way to convey emotions that cannot be portrayed with realism.

Much of my inspiration can be found in the contrast of weather-beaten rocks and canyons of the Southwest with softer elements such as vegetation, water and cloud formations. The duality of the ancient with the ephemeral keeps me returning to explore with brush, canvas, metal, stone, pigment and paper.

Biography
Education:
Purdue University, W. Lafayette, Indiana, BA in interior design, 1976, Pi Kappa Phi scholar

University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, art major, 1972-1973

Milwaukee Area Technical College, metalsmithing, 1991-2002

Thomas Merton Institute, Shorewood, Wis., art therapy/alcoholism counselor training    program, 1986-88

Galleries (ongoing representation):
Art Escape Gallery, Thiensville, Wis.
David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, Wis.
Bilhenry Gallery, Milwaukee, Wis.
Ozaukee Art Center, Cedarburg, Wis.
The Peterson Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

"Have a Heart" group exhibition, The Peterson Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, February, 2004
"Trading Spaces" dual exhibit, Kit Lynch's Purple Canyon Arts, Taos, New Mexico, July 2003
"Grand Opening" dual exhibit with Kyle Zubatsky, Art Escape Gallery, Thiensville, Wis., October 2002
"Inside/Outside" solo show, Ozaukee Art Center, Cedarburg, Wis., May-June 2001
"Conversations with the Land" solo exhibit, Studio 2015, Woodstock, Ill., January 2000

Professional organizations:
Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts, Chicago, artist member
Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors, professional member
Pastel Society of New Mexico, artist member