Diann Benoit
Artist Statement
I am happy to share with you my enthusiasm for painting working in watercolor and oil . I am always emotionally inspired by what is around me, traveling is a big part of what I love. Capturing that experience on location or in my studio. Focusing on the light and mood that will engage the viewer. Painting on location gives me not only how it looks but the way it feels. Love for a challenge takes me from figurative to landscape or any other subject, always keeping my brushwork soulful and impressionistic.
My quest is to create paintings that change the world in how they will view the subject I paint. To make life more dignified and more artfully beautiful. Scholarship Graduate from The Center for Creative Studies, Detroit Michigan. Participated in a number of one-man shows, group shows and juried shows. Won numerous awards and Best in Show. Represented in many private, corporate and museum collections. Juried art shows, art fairs and have given demos. Taught art for over 30 years. My work is shown at the Flint Institute of Art, Flint, Michigan and the Northville Gallery, Northville, Michigan.
Founding member of the Michigan Portrait Group
Associate member Oil Painters of America
Associate member of Michigan Watercolor Society
Associate member of National Watercolor Society
