Diane Turner is an American figurative realist painter living and working in a studio on her farm located in Kutztown, Pennsylvania. Currently she is best known for paintings of multiple figures in natural settings based on local environmental features. Her subjects and settings are rendered with a careful control of medium and attention to detail. This creates a strong connection between the subjects and their natural worlds. She holds a BFA magna cum laude from the Tyler School of Art of Temple University in Philadelphia and received the Art Director's Club of Philadelphia's Gold Medal for her senior portfolio. She then began an over thirty year freelancing career specializing in product design concept art and illustration for the collectibles industry. While working in the corporate world she continued to pursue her artistic passion by painting independent works. Deciding later to concentrate entirely on fine art, she started painting full-time in 2007. She has exhibited and received awards in many local, state wide and international juried shows.
EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS
2024 Lehigh Art Alliance - 89th Annual Fall Juried Exhibition - Harry V. Beidleman Award
2024 Allied Artists of America - 111th Online Exhibition
2024 Hudson Valley Art Association's 91st Annual National Juried Exhibition, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
2024 Society of Canadian Artists 2024 Open International Juried Online Exhibition
2023 Luxembourg Art Prize - The Pinacotheque - Certificate Of Artistic Merit 2023
2023 July PleinAir Salon - Top 100 Finalist - Honorable Mention, Figure and Portrait Category
2023 Almenara Art Prize 2023 Online Exhibition, "Figurative" category.
2023 International FIKVA Award for Painters 2023 - Top 100 Artists
2023 "Art of the State" Juried Exhibition, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
2023 Bodies of Knowledge - Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, PA
2022 Luxembourg Art Prize - The Pinacotheque - Certificate of Artistic Merit 2022
2022 16th International Art Renewal Center Salon - Finalist
2022 York Art Association 51st Annual Open Juried Exhibition - York, PA
2022 International FiKVA Award for Painters 2022 - Top 150 Artists
2022 Berks Art Alliance 43rd Open Juried Exhibition, Goggleworks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA
2021 National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society's "Spring 2021 International On-line Exhibition"
2021 Central Pennsylvania Festival for the Arts "Images 2021 Juried Exhibition"
2021 Shoreline Arts Festival "2021 Virtual Juried Art Exhibit" - People's Choice Award 3rd Place
2021 April BoldBrush Painting Competition - FAV 15%
2021 Oil Painters of America "Spring
2021 Online Showcase" - Honorable Mention
2019 14th International Art Renewal Center Salon - Finalist
2018 Art Association of Harrisburg's 90th Annual International Juried Exhibit - Harrisburg, PA
2017 York Art Association 47th Annual Open Juried Exhibition - York, PA
2017 Goggleworks Center for the Arts 11th Annual Juried Exhibition - Reading, PA
2016 49th Annual Art of the State Juried Exhibition – The State Museum of PA
2012 Lancaster County Art Association National Juried Exhibition – Strasburg, PA
2011 Upstream People Gallery 13th Painting, Drawing, Photography and Juried Online International Art Exhibit Special Recognition
2011 York Art Association 41st Annual Open Juried Exhibit – York, PA Best of Show
2010 The Greater Harrisburg Arts Council Annual Juried Exhibition: Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2010 – The State Museum, Harrisburg, PA
2009 Perkiomen Valley Art Center Annual Open Juried Exhibition – The Hill School, Pottstown, PA Best of Show
2007 Berks Art Alliance Annual Open Juried Exhibition – Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA
2007 York Art Association 37th Annual Open Juried Exhibition – York, PA
2007 Perkiomen Valley Art Center Open Annual Juried Exhibition – The Hill School, Pottstown, PA Second Place Oil
2007 Greater Norristown Art League Annual Open Juried Exhibition – Norristown, PA Beverly Holmes Memorial Award
2007 Perkiomen Valley Art Center Open Annual Juried Exhibition – The Hill School, Pottstown, PA Harleyville Savings Bank Award
2007 Foulkeways at Gwyned Annual Open Juried Exhibition
2007 Manhattan Arts International Online Juried Exhibition – Best of Painting
2007 Berks Art Alliance Annual Open Juried Exhibition – Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA
2007 Invitational Exhibit At the Phoenix Village Art Center – Phoenixville, PA
1999 Perkiomen Valley Art Center Annual Open Juried Exhibition – The Hill School, Pottstown, PA Honorable Mention Graphics
1998 Perkiomen Valley Art Center Annual Open Juried Exhibition – The Hill School, Pottstown, PA Cider Mill Art and Frame Award
1993 Perkiomen Valley Art Center Annual Open Juried Exhibition – The Hill School, Pottstown, PA Second Prize Watercolor
PUBLICATIONS AND INTERVIEWS
2023 Galphia.com Fine Arts Page: Click here to see Diane Turner Galphia page
2023 Radio Free Roanoke WROE-LP 97.5 FM - Interview with Heather Rose: "What is Creativity" Series Click here for Diane Turner Interview
2023 Artsy Shark Featured Artist - Click here for Portfolio Article PDF or use this link to go to the Artsy Website https://www.artsyshark.com/2023/06/02/featured-artist-diane-turner/
2021 Manhattan Arts International "The Healing Power of ART- In Honor of Nature" - Feature Article on Art and Artists Website Award: "Artist Diane Turner Creates Inspirational Paintings of Figures in the Natural World"
WORK EXPERIENCE
2007 - Present Easel Artist. Create oil paintings whose concept involves the figure and environment and how they are physically, emotionally and visually intertwined.
1980 - 2007 Free-lance Artist. Owned and operated a successful business with emphasis on concept and design, as well as provided color renderings that realistically depicted actual materials of proposed products for clients in the collectibles industry. Worked both in-house and outside designing figurines, jewelry, knives, dolls, plates and many other products.