Medium - acrylic/acrylic and oil

Style - ….expressionistic/semi abstract

Over the years my art practice has covered all media and genre to now settle on the intuitive approach where the marks and shapes on the canvas will dictate.

My inspiration and influences come from life - where I live or visit - what I do or what I have seen. I choose to paint the feeling rather than the subject with the patterns made by the light together with colour, tone and time of day creating the image. I use many organic shapes with the seasons playing a major roll. - Often birds, people, trees and flowers can be found while occasionally a pure abstract will evolve which I can’t resist.

Prizes … As well as receiving a number of 1st Prizes for paintings, I was happy to have a work chosen as a finalist in the Stanthorpe Biennial and a gallery finalist in the Lethbridge 10,000 Art Awards, Brisbane.

Diana Battle - Autumn