Bio
While attending college to pursue an accounting degree, Dianne took a black-and-white photography course to satisfy the art requirement and soon found herself the first to get to class and the last to leave! A passion for photography developed almost immediately, and her goal of becoming a CPA quickly disappeared.
After many years of shooting film and printing in the darkroom, Dianne slowly (sometimes kicking and screaming) transitioned into digital photography and felt her passion for the art form reignite. Using new skills along with the advances in technology has made it possible for her to create images that at one time only existed in her imagination.
Dianne also loves any process that allows for a more "hands-on" experience, and for over 20 years, she hand-colored black and white prints. In 2014 Dianne took a "photo encaustic" workshop and found a new way to create original art with her photographs. For more information about her encaustic work, click here: Photo Encaustics
Resume
Resident Artist - ARTHOUSE Gallery & Studios, Sacramento; 2005 - Present
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 
2019 Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2015 Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2007 “Destination,” Sacramento California Airport Public Art Exhibit
2005 Appel Gallery, Sacramento CA
2000 Still Life Gallery, Sacramento CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 "botanical," A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas; Juror: Wendi Schneider
2022 "Hiding Places," Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2020 “Membership Exhibit,” Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
2016 Georgia Galleria Gallery, Vallejo, CA
2016 "New Beginnings," Manhattan Arts International, New York City
2016 "2016 National Photo Encaustic Exhibit," Portland, Oregon; Juror: Clare O'Neill
2015 “Flora” PHOTO Gallery, Oakland, CA
2015 “Gems III” Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
2015 “Mainly Black & White,” Sebastopol Center for the Arts, CA; Juror Paul Mahder
2014 “Best of Botanicals,” PHOTO Gallery, Oakland, CA; Juror: Harold Davis
2013 “Design Elements,” ARTHOUSE Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2012 “Black and White,” Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO; Juror: Susan Spiritus
2012 “Desaturated,” Beatnik Studios, Sacramento, CA
2011 “Visions of Translucence,” Viewpoint Gallery, Sacramento, CA.
2006 California Museum for Women and the Arts, Sacramento, CA
2000 Mad River Post, San Francisco
SELECTED CORPORATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Lafayette Park Hotel, Lafayette, California
Sutter Cathedral Hills Hospital, San Francisco
Kaiser Hospital, Sacramento, Roseville, Scotts Valley and Vallejo, CA
Sutter Internal Medicine, Sacramento, CA
Torrance Memorial Medical Center Torrance, CA
University of California Davis Medical Center, Davis, CA
St Mary’s Hospital, San Francisco, CA
Good Samaritan Hospital, San Jose, CA
ResMed Corporation, South Carolina
Women In Photography International Collection /Beinecke Library / Yale University
AWARDS AND HONORS
2nd Place - International Garden Photographers "Square Crop Competition" 2021
Award of Excellence, Manhattan Arts International, New York City, 2016
Best of Show "Botanicals," PHOTO Gallery, Oakland, CA 2014
"Bitter Sweet," Permanent Collection - Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO, 2012