ARTIST FOCUS
Diane Whitehead
D
iane Whitehead was born the second of eight children to
loving parents. She assumed the default role of babysitter and
relished her alone time finding art not to be a curriculum but
an escape from the noise and energy. After raising four children of her
own and having two careers, Whitehead found herself yearning for the
peace and solitude of her paints and brushes.
Now, 17 years later, she says, “You can live your life, or spend your
life. You are always at choice. Life can be lived aimlessly drifting the
rivers of time, or spent chasing illusions of money and possessions.
There exists a place of peace within your soul. You have to search for it.
I found it first in the eyes of the animals I painted.” She always begins a
painting with the eyes.
Whitehead is an avid outdoorswoman and a self-taught artist. Her
work comes alive through strong brushstrokes and bold color. Living at
the end of a dirt road backed up against the wilderness, she has found
it to be a place where the noise of the world meets the silence of her
soul. This location has been ideal for Whitehead to paint what she loves
best: nature and animals.
Whitehead’s artwork is found in a number of galleries throughout
Montana, including Going to the Sun in Whitefish. March 20 through
23 Whitehead will participate in the Out West Art Show & Sale in Great
Falls, Montana, at the Best Western Heritage Inn. Her work will be on
view in room 242.ARTIST FOCUS
Awkward Silence, oil on linen, 36 x 24"Want to See More?
(435) 714-0611 | http://www.dianewhitehead.com
http://www.artoutwest.blogspot.comDiane Whitehead @dwhiteheadartoutwest @artoutwest
Day Sleeper, oil on linen, 10 x 20"Berry Maiden, oil on linen, 36 x 24"