Rena Diana

About the Artist

      Rena Diana is a painter and mixed media artist.  Over five decades, she has taken art courses in a variety of media. Throughout her adult life, she has kept notebooks chronicling her observations and experiences. Gradually these became art journals, filled with sketches and designs, along with personal narrative and remarks about the creative process. As these notebooks evolved into more formal exercises, she realized that they were distinct art forms in themselves. At that point, she began creating larger, single pieces. For the past three years she has studied at the Art Students League in New York City.                                                                                                   EXHIBITS Ashawagh Hall- East Hampton, NY                                               May 2016 Ceres Gallery- NYC,Chelsea                             December 2016, December 2017 92Y- Juried Show-NYC                                                                    June 2017 National Association of Women Artists- Juried Show,NYC       July 2017 National Association of Women Artists- Members Show, NYC  August 2017 Phyllis Harriman Gallery- NYC                                                         January 2018 NAWA-Juried On-Line Show                                                         June-August 2018 Upstream Gallery-Juried Show- Hastings-on-Hudson,NY          June-July 2018 Carter Burden Gallery – NYC,Chelsea                                                          July 2018 Kelso Gallery and Studio- Florence, AL                                             August 2018 NAWA- Members Show-Chrystie Street, South Gallery, NYC   October 2018 ArtJam, Juried Show, Princeton, NJ                                                March 2019 Carter Burden Gallery- NYC, Chelsea                                                July 2019 Ashawagh Hall- East Hampton, NY                                                July 2019                                                                MEMBERSHIPS                                    National Association of Women Artists

Artist's Statement

I am drawn to geometric elements and linear designs in both rural and urban environments, finding particular beauty in the interweaving of layers, reflecting the passage of time. Usually my art begins with an image in my mind, often based on one of my photographs, and the sensations sparked by it. As I paint, make marks, and add collage elements, each piece takes on its own rhythm, its own essence, and leads me somewhere. Other times, I simply start playing with pattern, line, and color, and a scene emerges, a light shines, a dance begins.