ABOUT THE ARTIST
Diana Pendleton Wade is a retired registered nurse, mom, grandmother and cat lover who loves to paint. She and her husband of more than forty years, Gary, moved to Loveland, Colorado in 2001 after living on the Gulf Coast of Texas for thirty years.
Diana has studied watercolor since 2003 and pastel since 2004. Recent forays into the world of mixed media and abstract art have also proven energizing. The simple organic shapes of nature are especially inspirational to this artist who also enjoys painting landscapes, still life and animals.
She is also a writer of fiction, with seven years of continuing education at Rice University, Houston, Texas in novel writing, and she is a published short story writer.
WHY DO I PAINT/
"To put my passions on paper."
MEMBERSHIPS
- Thompson Valley Art League - Board Member/Treasurer, 2008, 2009, 2010
- Signature Member, Pastel Society of Colorado
- Pastel Society of the Northern Rockies
- Participating Artist Member - Art Center of Estes Park
- Longmont Artists' Guild
- Artist Association of Northern Colorado
JURIED SHOWS
- Thompson Valley Art League - June Juried Fine Arts Show, 2007, 2008, 2009
- Arkansas Pastel Society 3rd National Exhibition - Reflections in Pastel - December, 2009
- Art Center of Estes Park - Lines Into Shapes National Art Show & Sale, 2007, 2009
- Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum - Western Spirit Art Show, 2008, 2009
- National Greeley Art Exhibition & Sale - 2008
- Pastel Society of the Northern Rockies National Show & Sale - 2008 Pastel Extravaganza
- Pastel Society of Colorado 2008 Mile High National Juried Exhibition
MEMBER SHOWS
- Thompson Valley Art League - Fall Festival Show, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
- Thompson Valley Art League - Sweet Art Show, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
- Pastel Society of Colorado -Spring Member's Show 2007, 2008
- Longmont Artists' Guild - Spring Member's Show, 2008
AWARDS
- "Larsen's Barn" - Juror's Choice Award, Thompson Valley Art League Sweet Art Show, 2010
- "Oscar's Barn" - Second place award in pastels, Thompson Valley Art League's Fall Show, 2009
- "Oscar's Barn" - Pastel Society of Colorado Award, Thompson Valley Art League's Fall Show, 2009
- "Morning on the Moki Dugway" - Honorable mention, Thompson Valley Art League June Juried Show, 2009
- "Yearling" - Honorable Mention, Thompson Valley Art League Fall Show, 2008
EXHIBITS
- Gardens at Spring Creek - Ft. Collins, CO - Featured Artist, Gift Shop - April-May 2010
- Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park, CO - "Works of Love" - 23rd Annual Women's History Month Art Exhibit - February, March 2010
- Gardens at Spring Creek - Ft. Collins, CO - Watercolor Exhibition & Sale - February 2010
- Whole Life Center for Spiritual Living - Ft. Collins, CO - Featured Artist, January 2010
- Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park, Colorado - "Holiday Art Exhibition & Sale" - November - December 2009
- Lincoln Gallery - Loveland, Colorado - Featured Artist of the Month, August 2009 Show - "Garden-Fresh"
- St. Stephen's Art Show - Longmont, Colorado - April 2009, April 2010
- Barnes & Noble Book Store - Loveland, Colorado - Featured Artist of the Month, November, 2008, October 2009
- Chamber of Commerce, Visitor's Center - Loveland, Colorado - Featured Artist of the Month, October, 2007
CONTINUING EDUCATION
- Five years watercolor and pastel instruction - Mary Landis, Loveland, Colorado
- Still life pastel workshop - Rick Stoner, Longmont, Colorado
- Watercolor workshops, studio and plein air - Mark Silvers, Ft. Collins, Colorado
- Workshops in: painting with pastels; pastel character portraits from the quick pose; drawing - Mike Beeman, Cheyenne, Wyoming
- Watercolor journaling workshop - Richard Schilling, Loveland, Colorado
- Concepts of abstract art and mixed media - Bonnie Terrill, Loveland, Colorado
- Individual pastel instruction - Jody Freeland, Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Watercolor workshop and ongoing watercolor instruction - Karen Ramsay, Ft. Collins, Colorado
- Pastel workshop and ongoing pastel instruction - Sally Fulton, Longmont, Colorado
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- Pastel workshop, for Shadow of the Arts - "Falling in Love with Pastels" - May, 2007 - Loveland High School (Invitational workshop for gifted and talented high school art students in Thompson Valley school system.)
CHARITABLE ART DONATIONS
- Colorado Nurses Foundation, Nursing Scholarship Fund, 2007 Nightingale Silent Auction
- Loveland Good Samaritan Retirement Village - Autumn Fundraising Events, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
- "An Eggstraordinary Evening", March, 2010 - Handpainted Emu Egg donated to Silent Charity Auction - Mirasol Senior Center - Loveland, Colorado
REPRESENTATION
- Lincoln Gallery - Loveland, Colorado
- Art Center of Estes Park, Estes Park, Colorado