As Diane DiMaria says, "I began my 20 year art career as a painter, studying with Ceasar Borgia at the Reilly League of Artists in White Plains, NY. My study was in classical painting and drawing techniques, culminating in showing and selling pieces through a number of venues." "Over the past several years I have made the transition from paint to fiber as a medium to produce art. It can be easily and naturally combined with other media to produce much more interesting works …
As Diane DiMaria says, "I began my 20 year art career as a painter, studying with Ceasar Borgia at the Reilly League of Artists in White Plains, NY. My study was in classical painting and drawing techniques, culminating in showing and selling pieces through a number of venues." "Over the past several years I have made the transition from paint to fiber as a medium to produce art. It can be easily and naturally combined with other media to produce much more interesting works with wonderful texture, dimension and depth. While my medium is fiber, I still use painting techniques to create the pieces. 'Thread Painting' is involving rapidly layering threads of different colors, values and lengths over a fabric surface is the technique incorporated into most of my works. Her large figurative piece, "African Princess" won Best of Show in the Northern New Mexico Quilt Show.
