Biography: It was Dianna's love of Canadiana that resulted in an exciting invitation to display her works for the Queen and visiting heads of state during the 1987 Commonwealth Conference. This fondness for our heritage and her childhood memories of life on the Canadian Prairies are interwoven with the present to inspire work is that is timeless. In an image of a derelict automobile, children in a washtub or flowers in an antique vase one can sense her invitation to close our eyes, smile and remember when.... Dianna is a signature member of the Federation of Canadian Artists and her exciting pastels have earned her Premier Pastellist status in the Pastel Society of Canada. "I am drawn to quietly touch what I find abandoned and to ponder the obvious questions, trying wistfully, I suppose, to evoke the sights and sounds that must have surrounded it in it's prime. Inevitably all things do turn to dust, but as an artist, this fact seems a little less melancholy when, after the elements have scrubbed the slate clean, I can open up my hand and smile at the small piece I’ve held back." Dianna

Presents Dianna Ponting Dianna Ponting, A.F.C.A., P.S.C. Select an image for a larger version

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