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
- FCA Toronto: 2025 Open Online Exhibition Mar 2025
- 2025 March and April Curated Collection
- 2025 Bloom Mar 2025
- 2024 Shape & Form Exhibition Dec 2024
- 2024 Ten Squared Dec 2024
- 2024 Water Exhibition Nov 2024
- 2024 Works on Paper Nov 2024
- 2024 October| November| December Curated Collection
Featured Artworks
Collection: Landscapes
Collection: People
Collection: Floral
Collection: Abstracts
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Flowers in a Kintsugi Vase
12x12in,
C$400
Mixed Media Acrylics, gold
foil, acrylic medium, resin
on paper
foil, acrylic medium, resin
on paper
Storm’n on Long Beach
36x36in,
C$600
Mixed Media on Canvas -
acrylics, alkyd oils, and
glazing liquid
acrylics, alkyd oils, and
glazing liquid