Pushing to the edge of what is possible in paper medium. Diane is expanding the boundaries of fine art with paper fiber.
Throughout her art life, Diane has been exploring and developing different techniques for advancing the possibilities of paper fiber in her art.
Art is form, shape and pattern. Artists use physical, theoretical and visual means to observe, analyze, create and adapt.
My collages consist of thousands of pieces of paper which are cut, layered and over painted. The type of paper collage I create is a balance of abstract images and realistic representation. First the papers are hand printed with a variety of abstract techniques including:
Frottage – rubbings
Collography – printing from objects
Screen printing – stenciling
Grattage – scraping paint away
These printed papers are then honed into the creation of a traditional landscape utilizing layer upon layer of paper and board built up into a relief. This art combines all forms of texture: physical, visual, decorative, spontaneous and mechanical.
Bernard Berenson, art historian, argues that painting should appeal to our “tactile imagination as strongly as the actual three dimensional object being depicted would”.
Hands and eyes are profoundly connected. We can often identify the material of an object by looking at it. Perception of texture is intimately tied to visual discrimination and to associations in higher regions of the brain. Hence, it is possible that texture is capable of stimulating memories and emotions.