About

Diane Scully, profile photo of artist in her studio.

Artist’s Statement

The artwork of Diane Scully currently revolves around the themes of time, place, loss, and impermanence. She came to working in oil and cold wax medium after decades of painting in acrylics. She has recently been incorporating some water based layers with inks as a ground, or underlayment to establish spatial break up, compositional elements, and color found directly from an environment.

Throughout her creative life she has also been captivated by photography and printmaking. Her oil and cold wax artwork allows a type of intuitive dance to happen with her works through the incorporation of printmaking techniques used during her painting process. Photography has become a recording of overlooked images that she sees when few others do. She uses the images for inspiration, a starting point in her work, documentation, and to revisit glimpses of the past.

From Artdose Magazine

Degrees and Education

Master of Fine Arts - Painting and Drawing, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

Bachelor of Science - Major: Art Education, K-12 license, BSU, Bemidji, MN

Bachelor of Arts - Major: Art, Minor: Art History, BSU, Bemidji, Minnesota

Recent Art Exhibitions

2024

White Bear Art Center Member Show, White Bear Lake, MN

St. Peter Art Center Member Show, St. Peter,MN

Hopkins Art Center Member Show, Hopkins, MN

Artful Women & Friends: After the Classroom, Kaddatz Galleries, Fergus Falls, MN

WBAC 50th Northern Lights Art Juried Show, White Bear Lake, MN

Open Studio Show & Sale, Studio 203A, Grain Belt Warehouse, Mpls, MN

Art-A-Whirl Show & Sale, NEMAA sponsored, Mpls, MN

2023

White Bear Art Center Member Show, White Bear Lake, MN

St Peter Art Center Member Show, St Peter, MN

Hopkins Art Center Member Show, St Peter, MN

WBAC Northern Lights Juried Show, White Bear Lake, MN

Open Studio & Sale, Studio 203A, Grain belt Warehouse, Mpls, MN

Art-A-Whirl Show & Sale, NEMAA sponsored, Mpls, MN

2022

Art & Artists at Isles Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

White Bear Art Center Member Show, White Bear Lake, MN

Minnetonka Art Center Member Show, Minnetonka, MN

The Big Tiny Show, Kolman & Reeb Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

The Chroma Show @ MSP Airport, NEMAA Juried Show, Mpls, MN

Open Studio Show & Sale, Studio 203A, Grain Belt Warehouse, Mpls, MN

Art-A-Whirl Show & Sale, NEMAA sponsored, Mpls, MN

2021

Diane Scully: Border & Boundaries Solo Show, Studio K, Kaddatz Galleries, Fergus Falls, MN

Primary Colors, Minni-sota, & Members Show, Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts, 2021

RBG Collars Invitational Show, Kaddatz Galleries, Fergus Falls, MN, 2021

2020

MSP Airport Show, Virtual Selection of NE Artists, showing entire year

Member Shows for Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts, Fridley, MN & Member Shows Minnetonka Art Center, Minnetonka, MN 2018-2021

Art-A-Whirl Show & Sale, NEMAA sponsored, Mpls, MN 2018-2020