Grace Diehl

I often capture the landscape and atmosphere in natural light when I'm painting plein air. I also enjoy still life painting which on the other hand, involves arranging objects in a specific composition allowing me to control the light in my studio. Both allow me to express my creativity in capturing light and color.

 To express my ideas and thoughts, I use oil paints. Drawing and painting are my way of satisfying a deep feeling of expression within myself. I feel it is my way of being heard in a noisy world.

Whether I am in the studio or out in the field, I find solace and escape into my own world of whatever I create it to be.

I love creating still life, landscapes, wildlife, all kinds of genre. I paint in oils and like to draw. Now that I'm in an area of good year-round weather, I've been painting outdoors, plein air as well as in my studio.

Throughout her journey, she has immersed herself in the art community, studying with oil painters Todd Casey, Paul McCormack, Andrew Lattimore and Lucas Bononi (privately). She also renewed her focus on drawing, studying for two years under the tutelage of Vince Natale at the Woodstock School of Art in Woodstock, NY.   At the present, she partakes in on-line studies.

 Inspired by the Old Masters during her visits to the New York MET, Grace exhibits the style of classical realism in her work, which focuses on inventing an open narrative from which the viewer can devise their own meaning. She incorporates the subject matter of her primary influences, nature and wildlife, into her artwork, unafraid to throw in a little whimsey, such a butterfly or feathered friend, into an otherwise realistic arrangement in her studio. 

 Recently, Grace and her husband moved to southern California, where she pursues plein air as well as still life painting.

Private Studies/group,Phil Starke, 2023-present

Jason Tako, 2023

Private Studies, Lucas Bononi, 2020-2021

Woodstock School of Art, semi-private studies, drawing, Vince Natale, 2017-2019

Katonah Art School, portrait drawing, Todd Casey, 2018

Paul McCormack Studio, painting, Paul McCormack, 2...

I exhibit in art competitions both on-line and locally.
Group Showings:

Laguna Town Hall, Laguna, CA

Laguna Art, Mission Viejo, CA

LPAPA, Laguna Beach, CA

North Coastal Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA

The Park Store, Crystal Cove, CA

Front Porch Gallery, Carlsbad, CA

Mark Gruber Gallery, New Paltz, NY

Kent Art Association, Kent, CT

Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT

Vanderbilt Mansion, Hyde Park, NY

 Solo Showings:

McKinney and Doyle, Pawling, NY

Zen Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY

Picture Perfect, Hopewell Jct., NY

Rotunda Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY

The Artist Palate, Poughkeepsie, NY

 

Selected Juried On-Line Awards/Exhibitions and Media

Art Room Gallery :

Theme: Green, "Vintage Verdant", Honorable Mention, August 2023



Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna, CA:

Theme: Landscapes and Seascapes,  "A Surreal Underwater Circus",  February 2022 



Camelback Gallery:

Theme: All Animals, Bronze Award, "The Lazy Lounger", August 2023

Theme: Shades of Blue Exhibition, Finalist Award, "Echoes of Hope",  January 2022

Artist Choice VII Award Exhibition, Bronze Award, "Reality and Illusion", June 2021



Light Space & Time Competition:

All Women Art Exhibition, Special Recognition , "A Tranquil Teatime",  January 2022

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