Winter Blue sketches

A series to be of winter landscape studies inspired by my local landscape.  All around 180 mm square and acrylic on stretched paper.I like to do these at the end of the painting session when I feel the need for a bit of a play!

STUDIO PRACTICE

         Back in the studio and starting this series of oil sketches on board from a Newmarket visit with the Society of Equestrian Artists a few years ago.  I am working as loosely as I can here to capture…
Calendar 2020 Diana HandDiana Hand

Calendar for 2020

My 2020 calendar is now ready for sale in the shop or from me directly at events throughout the summer.There are 12 beautiful drawings and paintings, one for each month, and you can choose from two different covers.
Plum tree and wall oil painting Diana Hand

Forth Valley Art Beat at Easter Poldar

I am showing work at my own studio VENUE 35  from Monday June 10th to Sunday June 16th between 12 pm and 5 pm each afternoon.I LOOK FORWARD TO SHOWING YOU MY NEW WORK!  This will include paintings and drawings from recent exhibitions in…
Christmas Eve 3 oil sketch by Diana Hand Flanders MossDiana Hand

Forth Valley Art Beat 2019 at Westmossside.

I am looking forward to this year's Forth Valley Art Beat  I am showing work at the Westmossside Art Collective (VENUE 35) based on my experiences of working in the Flanders Moss area every day.  This year I have been inspired by a visit…
Harmony Charcoal on paper 330 x 500 mmDiana Hand

“Being Human – together” exhibition at Dunblane Museum Gallery 1st to 29th April, 2019

I am fascinated by the human body, and how we use it to communicate via subtle signals and energy.  I have attended dance workshops which focus on this kind of choreography and I wanted to work with these ideas.  My starting point for…
Drawing Horses workshop with Diana Hand Charcoal drawing by student

Drawing Horses workshop in Gargunnock 29th September, 2018

I had a great day on Saturday with the group of dedicated and enthusiastic students at the Drawing Horses workshop.  We began by using charcoal very freely,  and everyone, including some people who had never felt comfortable with or even tried…
Plum tree in light oil painting by Diana Hand

A Green Thought – Exhibition of Drawings and Paintings 22nd to 27th September, 2018

   Whitespace Gallery,  76, East Crosscauseway, Edinburgh EH8 8HQ 22nd to 27th September, 2018      12pm to 5pm Private view Friday, 21st September, 2018          The…
Freud portrait All Too Human Tate

The Perfect Horse

"The horse that a master miniaturist has drawn tens of thousands of times eventually comes close to God's vision of a horse, and the artist knows this through experience and deep in his soul.  The horse that his hand draws quickly from memory…
Freud portrait All Too Human Tate

All Too Human Exhibition at Tate Britain , London 28th February to 27th August, 2018.

ALL TOO HUMAN  TATE BRITAIN APRIL 20         A  PERSONAL ACCOUNT This exhibition was a perspective on British figurative art over the past 100 years, the focus being on painters who worked with the human figure as…