BIOGRAPHY

L. Diane Johnson PSA PAP-SE ISAP, American painter, lecturer, writer and instructor has been painting professionally since 1981, first as a classical portraitist and now paints landscapes en plein air (in the open air) and from her studio. Her Impressionistic and representational American and European landscape & still-life paintings are created in acrylic, pastel, and oil and are sought after by collectors worldwide. Her focus is on gardens, architecture, waterscapes and the open landscape to capture the intimacy of each location in the U.S., UK, and Europe. She is a full member of the Pastel Society of America, and signature member of Plein Air Painters of the Southeast, Plein Air Painters of Hawaii and International Society of Acrylic Painters. In 1988, she was voted as being in the top 100 emerging artists in the U.S. by American Artist, was rated as one of the top 10 "Best Buys" for investment art by The Roanoker magazine in 1990, is listed in the Who's Who in American Art and Who's Who in the South and Southwest. In 2000, she was invited to be a part of the first ever, White House Conference on Arts and Humanities. Enjoy viewing and shopping from Diane's collection!