Featured Artist Diana Whiley

Australian artist Diana Whiley creates ethereal digital images that express her fascination with the power of nature. Visit her website to see more of her work.

 

 

As I child I grew up with music and art, and experienced the emotional connection between the two.

 

 

I looked for the movement and song in paintings and experimented with my own art. I loved the dancers in Degas’ paintings.

 

 

I tried oils and watercolour, then moved onto digital art. It provides me with a way to use design and placement in my art that feels right to me.

 

 

I’ve always felt a flow of music in nature, like a symphony. As a digital artist, I enjoy creating a mix of fine, abstract and fantasy art.

 

 

I’m inspired by nature, and by its power and spirituality. I try to imbue a sense of intimacy in my art through showing response and transformation.

 

 

As shown by the breaking dawn and the advent of life, we see that nature has the power to uplift and inspire. Nature’s story is preserved and retold in narratives, theatre and travelling shows of old. It is a way of understanding our place in the world.

 

 

These are stories I wanted to know, and sought out as I explored myths and legends.

 

 

The Botanic Gardens in Adelaide is my favourite place to visit. It is a place of fantasy and imagination, complete with hidden spaces, needle pines, the lily pond, and its intriguing night flower propagation. They have a hall where specimens are kept, as well as books of intrepid explorers and their first drawings.

 

 

Fauna and flora. New and ancient lands. Our bond with nature is now being challenged as we battle environmental changes. I am interested in preserving the history and rituals of our world, its myths and how they have shaped us.

 

 

In much of my artwork, I try to express how I feel about what is happening. I’m interested in preserving the history and rituals of our world, its myths and how they have shaped us. I want to hopefully create something intense and moving that will uplift the viewer and re-establish our link with our roots and the nurturing of the land.

 

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