Diane Williamson

Medium Pencil, Oils, Acrylic and Watercolour

E diane@pw.cx 
Instagram @dianewilliamsonartist
W dianewilliamsonartist.com 

Address 8 Kathleen Crescent, Mornington 3931
Parking Yes 5 spots
Disabled Access Yes

Art gives me peace and focus – I am doing what I am here for.

Why do I paint? “Because the bee must make honey!”

As ideas are not material or limited“ things” and they come to me without any effort or focused decision to “think something up”, I feel that my work comes from beyond my physical self. They come to me complete in an instant; I do not “think them up” or struggle with “mental blocks”.

I create what is given to me. 

After it appears in thought, I mentally navigate the image in my mind, sometimes for a few weeks, even deciding format, shape and size, which brushes and techniques I will use.  I then copy the painting from my thought onto the canvas or board quite quickly, but spend a lot of time on composition and final details.

My art is about looking beyond the outward physical sense of things to find the spiritual qualities that material things represent in a search for significance and depth. I take many photographs of the places I go to, recording every aspect of the place –  textures, shapes, colour juxtapositions, atmospheric effects, the character of lines and patterns in nature. I sometimes combine these aspects out of context (regarding shape and space), but seeing them as multitudinous parts of the complete harmonious creation that actually WE are all a part of.

Over the last few years I have often moved away from the replication of physical objects to an abstract depiction of the essence of something in a more graphic, geometric style. For example , see “Soundscapes” page on my website.

I always hope my artwork will uplift the public consciousness to a greater level of awareness of the good and the beautiful in the world, both seen and unseen.

If ARTISTS don’t bring the beauty and harmony of the world to our attention, WHO WILL?