Diana Roper McDowell
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An Old Friend$ 1,750.00 -
Crow and Mountain Ash$ 1,800.00
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Sand Garden, 2021$ 1,900.00
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Last Run up the Sound, 2022$ 1,900.00
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Walking into Sunlight, 2022$ 1,900.00
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Sunrise on the Cove$ 1,900.00
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Two Old Friends$ 1,900.00
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Still Standing$ 1,900.00
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They Posed! (Doe and Fawns)$ 3,200.00
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Yellow Boat in Seal Cove$ 3,200.00
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Pine Tree, 2022 Sold
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Fall on a Cloudy Day, 2022 Sold
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Fire Tower, 2023 Sold
I explore both abstractionism and realism in art, and I work to combine the two art forms. The outline of my subject matter leans towards realism, but the shapes of color inside the subject, are abstract. I use color and line to meld the two art forms together.
Half the time I spend creating a work of art is spent drawing. I use this time to explore what interesting shapes it takes to make your eye move throughout the painting and pull the viewer in. Then I work with color to either solidify the realism, or give rise to more abstraction, depending on what works best to hold the viewer’s interest.
As I paint, I find the reality of the painting fades away, and I’m left with abstract shapes of color within a recognizable form. Because they cannot be defined, these abstract shapes tend to shut down the viewer’s internal dialogue and relax the mind in a wash of color and movement.