About the Artist

My art has fallen

Under the influence of the Salish Sea:

Those deep blue-green waters,

The delicate calligraphy of the ferns and evergreens

That populate her shores,

The fog-blurred edges where the ocean touches the sky,

And, always, the sacred vermilion spark of the sun,

Whose cloud-washed light turns my whole world

Luminous, joyful, and serene.

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Diane Walker is a Washington state writer and artist whose contemplative abstract paintings reflect her 25 years living on the shores of the Pacific Northwest. After many years as a professional photographer, she discovered the joy of abstract painting in 2012, and has served on the board of the Port Ludlow Art League and as a member of Women Painters of Washington and the Puget Sound Group of Northwest Artists. She still posts her poetry and photographs daily on Facebook and on her blog, contemplativephotography.com, but she now focuses primarily on her painting.

Currently featured at Bainbridge Arts and Crafts on Bainbridge Island and in the Artist Showcase at Northwind Art's Jeannette Best Gallery in Port Townsend, Diane's paintings have also been shown in the Santa Fe Gallery Association's Artist Catalog, Seattle’s Columbia Center Gallery, at the City of Kent's Centennial Center Gallery, at the Smith & Vallee Gallery in Bow, at the Matzke Gallery in Camano Island, in Bellingham's Cordata Gallery, at the Scott Milo Gallery in Anacortes , at the Red Sky Gallery in Shoreline, and in the Evergreen Association of Fine Arts Galleries in Kirkland, Mercer Island, and Seattle. Her colorful abstracts have hung in the Jefferson, Harrison, and Skagit Valley Hospitals, and have been featured in juried Art Festivals around Washington state, including Edmonds, Lake Forest, Anacortes, Kingston, Camano Island, Montlake and Shoreline.