Nipa Palm 3 Painting

Diane Evans studied at Central/ St. Martin’s School of Art in London (BA Hons Fine Art- Painting), where she was influenced by the working practice of tutors Tricia Gillman, Vanessa Jackson and Anthony Whishaw. She has lived in Italy, India, Singapore and the Netherlands. Diane specialises in pigmented collages with strong, semi-abstract forms. Silhouette shapes, achieved by stencilling, printing or cut- away collage are symbolic of vegetal forms; cells, leaves and seeds. Her imagery is rooted in the colour and shapes of the natural environment, celebrating life, growth and decay. Diane’s works are created gradually by building, dissolving and reforming layers of paint; her excavations reveal traces of imprinted plant matter, embedded raw wool fibre and eruptions of slate dust, marble and ash. She has recently relocated to a new studio with SAM Ateliers at AINSI Maastricht.