ARTWORKS
By Sally Yoder
Meet The Artist: Diane Harm
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pa Art League’s annual annua
show at the Carrollwood Cultural
Center. Always a worthy worth
event, her work stood out in its attention
to detail and breathtakingly subtle colors. Her birds
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medium, but learning her works are done in colored pencil
astounded me.
and take hundreds of hours to complete. Although skilled
in many mediums, Diane prefers colored pencil despite the
time investment. A dark background takes three or more
Diane Harm
North Tampa Art League
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attend her demonstration at the Life Enrichment Center where Diane patiently explained
the variance of quality in colored pencils, described various substrates and also showed
how to use an Icarus board. The Icarus is a heated board designed to work with colored
pencils that permits less pressure to smoothly and beautifully blend colored pencils, almost
like paint.
“I like the building of a painting, from initial concept in my head, to detail studies of
of the plant or animal but I rarely paint a photograph but rather piece together a painting
from my imagination and photo details. For example, if I am painting a particular bird I
Her ability to paint realistically comes from experience. Diane is a Master Gardener
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Diane is now President of the North Tampa Art League, and is building dynamic
her Master Gardener group in Ohio restored a Civil War era garden on the grounds of a
thousands of dollars for the restoration. The gardens are a refuge of tranquility for the
veterans.
Diane isn’t teaching
building NTAL, and devel-
like to earn a commission
to provide artwork to a
populated and often visited
venue, but mostly, she
says she’d like to be known
as “an accomplished nature
she’s reaching that goal at
www.dianeharm.com.
Top photo: Stepping Out
Second photo: Campsis Radican
Third photo: Big Gulp
Fourth photo: Incoming
Fifth photo: Your Other Left
8 • NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2018 813.682.9364 FLORIDA WOMEN MAGAZINE
/www.dianeharm.com