Diane Akey
Salmon Arm, British Columbia
Artist Statement
Nobody is really ready to Retire! Although, I've always enjoyed making art, I have had many roles in my life so far- student, teacher, mother, wife, farmer, and now painter! I paint what I want and where ever my brush takes me! I usually paint in acrylics and oils. I like mark making, textures and patches of colours. This last year I have been evolving into abstraction. As I have gradually changed from a Career-controlled pace of life to a life with a pace that I can control, I have spent more time just enjoying my experiences with my own art making. I have explored and played with different mediums and various techniques. Self-directed creativity isn’t easy!
Nobody is really ready to Retire! Although, I've always enjoyed making art, I have had many roles in my life so far- student, teacher, mother, wife, farmer, and now painter! I paint what I want and where ever my brush takes me! I usually paint in acrylics and oils. I like mark making, textures and patches of colours. This last year I have been evolving into abstraction. As I have gradually changed from a Career-controlled pace of life to a life with a pace that I can control, I have spent more time just enjoying my experiences with my own art making. I have explored and played with different mediums and various techniques. Self-directed creativity isn’t easy!
I paint where ever my brush takes me!
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Recent Exhibitions
- 2026 Bloom
- 2026 Artists' Choice Feb 2026
- 2026 Art Speaks Jan 2026
- 2025 Shape and Form Exhibition Dec 2025
Featured Artworks
Lily Pad Ranch Beside the Small Pond
11x14in,
C$400
Mixed Media on Canvas acrylics,
acrylic marker, willow charcoal
acrylic marker, willow charcoal
Lily Pad Ranch by the Small Pond
11x14in,
Sold
Mixed media on panel acrylics
willow charcoal acrylic pen
willow charcoal acrylic pen
A Monarch in the Coneflowers
10x10in,
C$350
Mixed Media on Canvas
acrylics, acrylic skin,
acrylic pen
acrylics, acrylic skin,
acrylic pen
A Monarch in the Buddlia
10x10in,
C$350
Mixed Media on Canvas,
acrylics, acrylic skin,
acrylic pen
acrylics, acrylic skin,
acrylic pen
Collection: Landscapes
Collection: People
Collection: Floral
Collection: Abstracts
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A Monarch in the Buddlia
10x10in,
C$350
Mixed Media on Canvas,
acrylics, acrylic skin,
acrylic pen
acrylics, acrylic skin,
acrylic pen
A Monarch in the Coneflowers
10x10in,
C$350
Mixed Media on Canvas
acrylics, acrylic skin,
acrylic pen
acrylics, acrylic skin,
acrylic pen
Lily Pad Ranch by the Small Pond
11x14in,
Sold
Mixed media on panel acrylics willow
charcoal acrylic pen
charcoal acrylic pen
Lily Pad Ranch Beside the Small Pond
11x14in,
C$400
Mixed Media on Canvas acrylics,
acrylic marker, willow charcoal
acrylic marker, willow charcoal
A Carpet of Pink Lilies
12x12in,
C$400
Mixed Media - acrylics and
willow charcoal on cradleboard
willow charcoal on cradleboard
Panaeolus Foenisecii
6x6in,
C$300
Paper and Mixed Media
acrylics, pastel, acrylic
ink, gold foil
acrylics, pastel, acrylic
ink, gold foil