Artist Talk: Diane Dunn

Diane has been creating art in various mediums since a young age. Her explorations in mixed media and found objects collage is her passion. Her large painting entitled "Conscience Graffiti" was selected in the acrylic category for the All Alaskan Juried Art Exhibition and shown at the Anchorage Art Museum. She was a founding board member of the International Gallery of Contemporary Art in Anchorage, Alaska.

Diane recently served on the St. Helens Arts and Cultural Commission and enjoys teaching community art classes. She is the founder of the Art Hive of Deer Island, a community art studio that encourages creativity and inclusiveness. Her August show at the St. Helens Public Library, entitled Scraping By, will feature acrylic paintings using a scraping method she has been experimenting with for five years.