Diana Kirkpatrick is a fine artist specializing in sanded charcoal drawing. Her work has won numerous prestigious awards and been featured in multiple print publications.
Diana’s art is a celebration of the quotidian, capturing everyday people in moments of quiet contemplation. Throughout history, portraiture has been an art form traditionally reserved for the elite. But through her work, Diana hopes to elevate the equally worthy subjects we find all around us to the level of royalty. There is an unflinching honesty to her work that catches the viewer’s eye and won’t let them look away.
Her technique when drawing is tedious and time consuming, involving meticulously sanding charcoal into large-scale heavy printmaking paper until a figure appears. She often describes this process as the image appearing through smoke.
Diana’s work has been shown in many publications and art competitions through out the United States and Spain. Diana has exhibited with Catherine Lollard Wolf Gallery at the Salmagundi Club in NY, MEAM in Barcelona, Spain, Art Fields Lake City SC, American Women Artist at the Loveland Museum, and many others. Diana has also been published in Strokes of Genius, Portrait Society, American Women Artist, Art Renewal Center, National Association of Women Artist, Allied Artist of America Associate Online Show, The American Professional League elected Artist.Diana’s work is currently on display at the Aiken Center For the Arts.
Diana currently resides in South Carolina and is available for commissions.
“Most of my work is centered around everyday people I meet in social situations or just run into on the street. I have learned so much about the human condition and the world we live in from the strangers I’ve interacted with. I work mainly from photos. My drawings are an invitation to slow down and experience people in a more personal way. We can all learn so much thru these experiences. This is the value of artistic expression. We all need and want connections with others.”