WYOMING FIRST: Riverstone Art
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This week we are featuring Riverstone Art of Cheyenne, WY
Diana Riverstone, Riverstone Art Diana@riverstoneart.com www.riverstoneart.com
Big Sky Trail
Diana has always loved art and creating beautiful things. She took art classes all though high school, winning awards for her serigraphs (silk screening process). Then careers happened and art got left behind. Before retiring, Diana found an oil painting class through Cheyenne Parks and Recreation and got hooked on painting in her first class. Diana decided to take some art classes when she retired to see if she still had any talent. She switched to acrylics and water based mediums because they offer unlimited potential to create special effects in her work. Some very special paintings developed from simply wondering what else she could do with her materials and experimenting with them.
Diana creates original, realistic landscape paintings from wide plains panoramas to mountains, forests, deserts and caves. Her work comes in a variety of sizes and color palettes to suit any taste and decor. She also created a special Cave Series where the viewer feels as though they are standing in a cave looking outward. Diana also paints on both sides of a piece of glass – the background on the back side and the foreground on the front.
Midnight Magic
The uniqueness of Diana’s work can include thin to very thick applications of pastes that create thick textures up to one inch above the canvas or “crack” in unique ways. She also use various paint mediums like sand, fibers, flakes and mica for interesting textures. These painting mediums create their own shadows for interesting and unusual effects. For subtle sparkle, sheen, and shifting color depending on your angle of view, Diana uses iridescent, metallic and interference paint and additives. Several paintings have won awards in various art shows. Prices depend on size and materials, and generally run from $75.00 to $500.00, plus appropriate taxes and shipping if needed.
Cougar Country
Custom orders are welcomed; Diana loves to talk with people about content and color preferences. She can be contacted by email at Diana@riverstoneart.comor through her website at www.riverstoneart.com .
Diana’s work can be found in the gallery and gift shop at the Cheyenne Artists’ Guild off Morrie Avenue in Holiday Park, Cheyenne. She also has two pieces at Emerald Foam Control Products off Camp Stool in Cheyenne. Diana would love to have her paintings for sale in additional stores and galleries. Her work can also be seen on her website: www.riverstoneart.com .
Desert Windows
Paintings selected:
- Desert Windows ($350.00), very thick application of texture medium, acrylic paint, part of Cave Series
- Silver and Gold ($200.00), painted on glass using acrylic, iridescence and metallic paints; texture is due to slightly thick paint layers
- Cougar Country ($375.00), light application of texture medium to create the rocks and foreground, interference color shifts the highlights from silver to gold depending on the angle of viewing.
- Big Sky Trail ($375.00), medium application of texture medium, iridescent and interference color used on highlights
- Midnight Magic (375.00), Very thick application of various texture mediums, acrylic, metallic, iridescent and interference color used
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