Whimsical, mysterious, evocative or all of the above - that's what Dian’s art is meant to be. She does not usually start out with a clear idea of what is going to happen in a piece. If she starts to have an idea, it is liable to change totally during the art process. Her abiding themes are the mysteries behind the mundane, archetypes and a stream-of-consciousness mixing of images. Dian’s 'canvases' are often metal but sometimes wood or vellum. She uses a variety of media -  from graphite to grease pencils, crayon to oil paint - within which she embeds found objects and scanned materials, all often within one work. She works slowly, going back to a piece again and again but her emphasis is to always discover new ideas contained within a piece. This year for the ArtWalk she will also be showing some of her landscapes, which is a return to an old love of hers. Dian graduated from KU in 2000 with an MFA in painting.