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Diane Shur

Artist’s Statement

I feel that the most important aspect of artistic labor is interpretation. Technique is to be valued and learned so it can become a servant, a tool the artist uses to help us experience her particular vision. To me the value of an artistic work is not how much it looks like a particular thing or scene, but how well it transports us to feel, or to discover a truth about the subject at hand. I feel that through interpretation art becomes the expression of a new truth, rather than a snapshot of an old one.

Biography

Diane Shur is a graduate of New York City’s High School of Music and Art, class of 1970, and was an Art History major at Brooklyn College. As a young person she also took figure drawing classes at the Art Student’s League in New York. After a hiatus of 26 years, Ms. Shur returned to making art, starting with two years of pottery classes at the Greensboro Art Alliance. After a week-end drawing seminar with Roy Nydorf, Ms. Shur decided to turn her focus to drawing and painting. Over the years she has been a regular at figure drawing studio, and has studied watercolor with Alexis Lavine and Jo Leeds, and pastel and oils with Anne Kiefaber. Diane has exhibited work in four Greensboro Artstock studio tours. In 2006 she won second place in the “Greensboro Visions” show at Two Art Chicks. Her work can currently be seen in the gift shop of Gallery 115 in Greensboro and at the Elodie Goat Farm dining room in Rougemont N.C.

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Upcoming Zoom Presentations for 2023

April 8th – Terrilynn Dubreuil
May 13th – Fred Fielding
June 10th – Regina Burchette
July 8 – Jane Steelman: “How to manage your PSNC google page”

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Shows / Workshops

6th Annual PURE COLOR: Online International Juried Exhibition of Pastel Paintings
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Two Upcoming PSNC Member Shows at Ambleside Gallery and the Imperial Arts Center
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Recent News / Announcements

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Member News, Kim M. Long

“Lazy Bun” Paint-Along, on Zoom, with Rita Kirkman

Celebration of Life Service for Helen Knapp

Member News, Betty Hendrix

“Fun with Feathers!” Paint-Along with Rita Kirkman, on Zoom

Arizona Pastel Artists Association’s 2023 Open International Exhibition

“Don Keyfurry” Paint-Along with Rita Kirkman, on Zoom

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