Diane G. Kell grew up in the Midwest and South, left for college in New England, received a bachelors degree in art history from Brown University, then lived in Massachusetts during a long career as an educational researcher.
Diane moved to Santa Fe in 2001 and was quickly captivated by the region’s skies. She says, “The sky in New Mexico lifts my spirits. Now, as an artist, I aim to do the same for others. I imagine them waking to a sunrise feeling hopeful, seeing promise in a rainbow, wandering among clouds, being awed at sunset. If a painting holds my gaze for a long time and I feel joy, peace or wonder, then I believe others will feel it, too.”
Diane is a member of the Santa Fe Society of Artists and the Santa Fe Studio Arts Collective. She participates in SFSA’s outdoor shows downtown and in the Railyard from mid-April to mid-October. She can be visited in her studio by appointment and during the Santa Fe Studio Tour in late June.
Tips for website visitors:
Choose “Art Gallery” from the main menu to see work in reverse chronological order. Use the “Themes” menu at the side or bottom of each gallery page to view work by category, e.g., rainbows, cloudscapes, trees.
All works are original acrylic paintings. Most are on 1-1/2″ deep gallery-wrapped canvas with the painted image continuing on all sides. Exceptions, such as “on panel, framed,” are noted in captions.
Send email to Diane at dgkell@kellgallery.com. Diane accepts commissions and offers layaway plans. Please ask!