Diane LaMere Fine Art
You can find me painting outdoors in all kinds of weather for I enjoy the beauty each of the seasons has to offer. I prefer to work directly from Mother Nature. It’s easier to capture the feeling of cold while standing in the snow; or the humidity of a sultry August day while the flies are buzzing and sweat is dripping down one’s back. In the tradition of the impressionists, I strive to capture the fleeting light with expressive, painterly brushstrokes. To do that, I need to paint quickly and decisively before the light changes and the shadows move. All my indoor studio work is done from my field studies. I rarely, if ever, work from photographs.
I credit a John Singer Sargent exhibit in Chicago with opening my eyes to the excitement of paint. Another artist to have an impact on me is Montana artist, Clyde Aspevig, with his vast and beautiful landscapes. I received classical training in Saint Paul, Minnesota with talented plein-air painter, Joseph Paquet.
In addition to painting in my home state of Minnesota, I have put brush to canvas in Alaska, Colorado, Florida, France, Hawaii, Mexico, Montana and South Dakota. I exhibit regularly in my NE Minneapolis studio in the historic Northrup King Building at 1500 Jackson Street NE, Minneapolis MN 55413. Go to www.NorthrupKingBuilding.com for directions and further information about exhibits and events.
welcome to the world as seen through my eyes
I prefer to work directly from Mother Nature. It’s easier to capture the feeling of cold while standing in the snow or the humidity of a sultry August day while sweat is dripping down one’s back.
I credit a John Singer Sargent exhibit in Chicago with opening my eyes to the excitement of paint. Another artist to have an impact on me is Montana artist, Clyde Aspevig, with his vast and beautiful landscapes. I trained in Saint Paul, Minnesota with talented plein-air painter, Joseph Paquet, who was a student of painter, John Phillip Osborne. Osborne studied with Arthur Maynard who was a student of renouned artist Frank Vincent DuMond.
I credit a John Singer Sargent exhibit in Chicago with opening my eyes to the excitement of paint. Another artist to have an impact on me is Montana artist, Clyde Aspevig, with his vast and beautiful landscapes. I trained in Saint Paul, Minnesota with talented plein-air painter, Joseph Paquet, who was a student of painter, John Phillip Osborne. Osborne studied with Arthur Maynard who was a student of renouned artist Frank Vincent DuMond.
