DIANA MILLER-PIERCE, W.S.I.
Art Awards and Shows:
1983 Indianapolis Museum of Art Work hung
1984 Hoosier Salon
1985 Indiana State Fair
1986 Watercolor Society of Indiana, Annual Show, Prize
1987 Anderson Winter Art Show, Thirteen State Reg. Show
1987 Indiana Artists Club, Annual Show, Honorable Mention
1988 Watercolor Society of Indiana, Annual Show, Prize
1988 Hoosier Salon, Merit Award
1988 Watercolor Society of Indiana, Annual Show
1988 Indiana Artists Club, Annual Show
1988 Ventures in Creativity, Ft. Wayne, IN.,
James McBride Award
1989 American Watercolor Society
1989 Hoosier Salon
1989 Ventures in Creativity, Ft. Wayne, IN.,
James McBride Award
1989 State Fair
1989 Indiana Artists Club Annual Show
1989 Watercolor Society of Indiana, Annual Show
1990 Hoosier Salon
1990 Ventures in Creativity, Ft. Wayne, IN., 1st Place,
Watercolor Division
1990 Indiana Artists Club Annual Show
1990 Watercolor Society of Indiana, Merit Award
1991 Hoosier Salon
1991 Ventures in Creativity, Ft. Wayne, IN., 1st Place, Watercolor Division
1991 Indiana Artists Club Annual Show
1992 Indiana Artists Club, Merit Award
1992 Hoosier Salon
1992 Ventures in Creativity, Ft. Wayne, IN., Honorable Mention, Watercolor Division
1993 Watercolor Society of Indiana
1994 Indiana Artists Club, Merit Award
1994 Hoosier Salon, Merit Award
1994 Ventures in Creativity, Merit Award
1995 Indiana Artist Club
1995 Hoosier Salon
1995 Ventures in Creativity, Merit Award
1995 Watercolor Society of Indiana
1996 Indiana Artists Club, Merit Award
1996 Ventures in Creativity, Merit Award
1996 Hoosier Salon
1997 Indiana Artist Club
1997 Hoosier Salon
1997 Ventures in Creativity, Merit Award
1998 Indiana Artist Club
1998 Hoosier Salon
1998 Ventures in Creativity, Merit Award
1998 Windsor & Newton “Art Goes on Holiday”, International
Juried, 3rd Place
1999 Indiana Artists Club, Merit Award
1999 Ventures in Creativity, Merit Award
2000 Hoosier Salon
2000 Indiana Artist Club
2000 Watercolor Society of Indiana
Diana Miller Pierce, W.S.I.
2009 Hoosier Salon
2008-2010 Contemporary Realism Biennial, National Show, Fort Wayne
Publications:
Watercolor Magic, August, 2003
Art Business News, Feb., 2004, Trendsetter/Emerging Artist
Informart Magazine, summer, 2004 Editorial
Education:
Masters Degree, Social Work, Indiana University, 1978
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, Indiana University, 1976
Studied Art with Rosemary Lawton Thomas and Floyd Hopper
Collections:
Corporate and Private in Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin & Michigan
Insurit, Inc.
Jorgenson Gallery
Medical Protective
Star Financial Bank
Chris and Mark Rupp
Norwest Bank
Baer, Rupp and Simpson Accountants
Ophthalmology Consultants, P.C.
Reed and Taff Silliman
Connor Corporation
Professional Memberships:
Indiana Artist Club
Hoosier Salon
Watercolor Society of Indiana
About the Artist:
In addition to many shows and awards, Ms. Miller-Pierce’s work was featured in article ‘Shawdows’ in the 2004 summer Informart Magazine. She was named a trendsetter and her work appeared in the February, 2004 Art Business News. She is a featured artist for Wild Wings Fine Art Publishing and some of her work is currently in prints as well as appearing on various products. Her work was chosen in 2010 as one of 10 women artists to hang for a year in the Lieutenant Governor’s office. She was named by Indianapolis Woman, September, 1995, among one of Indiana’s top ten “most collectible” women artists. Ms. Miller-Pierce’s work was selected by the Fort Wayne Museum of Art to hang in their March, 1997, show. Ms. Miller-Pierce, in addition to being a professional artist, is a psychotherapist in private practice. She frequently draws from her artistic side in her therapy with clients. She finds art to be both therapeutic and a diagnostic tool.
Artist Statement:
I am attracted to scenes involving strong clear light, and thus, strong cast shadows for subject matter in paintings. I look for a composition of strong dynamic dark and light patterns to create a sense of tension and energy in a painting which can involve and draw in the viewer. Even though my work is very realistic in nature, the overall pattern has a great deal of abstraction. Color and its nuances are very important to me. I think of color in terms of complements to enhance the tensions and drama in the overall composition. I hope that my paintings may help the viewer to arrive at a different perspective of the world and its beauty.
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