Diana Hand

I have been an artist all my life. I was brought up in a London family of fine art and antique dealers who taught me about art and encouraged my creativity from an early age. I love traditional drawing and painting but I also like to experiment and push my art into new abstract forms. I have studied both classical and conceptual art at art institutions and in masterclasses with established figurative and abstract artists. I am now finding my own voice towards abstraction. Horses are a constant inspiration and catalyst for me. As for many artists, their sculptural form and beauty is greatly compelling, and for me horses symbolise something that is potent and unspoken. I am reaching for a contemporary equestrian art that shows the private nature of the animal as well as the human passion for this wonderful creature.

Ruskin School of Drawing, Oxford, England
University of Sussex England BA in Philosophy and Social Science
Glasgow School of Art, Scotland BA in Painting
Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland MSc Contemporary Art Theory

Masterclasses with:
Alan McGowan Edinburgh
Martin Campos PAFA Workshops in Ireland and Spain
Liz Hough, St.Ives School of Art, Cornwall, England

"The Horse in Mind" Glasgow Art Club May 2014
"Inside Out and Upside Down" Dunblane Museum April 2016
"The Horse in the Heart" Whitespace Gallery Edinburgh 2016
"A Green Thought" Whitespace Gallery September 2018
"Being Together" Dunblane Museum 2019
"The Nature of the Horse" Edinburgh Palette 2022
Please find more information on my website www.dianahand.com