Diana Probst, Cambridge Artist

A short review of my work

I have a review. In discussion over a print of mine: ‘That’s 3.826 bearsplosiotons. A bearsplosioton equaling about 2,000 bearsplosions, the standard unit of measure of awesome.’ A single bearsplosion is about how awesome something is if it is only

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A short review of my work

I have a review. In discussion over a print of mine: ‘That’s 3.826 bearsplosiotons. A bearsplosioton equaling about 2,000 bearsplosions, the standard unit of measure of awesome.’ A single bearsplosion is about how awesome something is if it is only

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Green Pot, day 3

The day’s painting was frustrating, because I could not exactly match the colours I had mixed last time I worked on this piece. Part of that reason was that I was painting thicker.

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Green Pot, day 3

The day’s painting was frustrating, because I could not exactly match the colours I had mixed last time I worked on this piece. Part of that reason was that I was painting thicker.

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Spotlight On: Melissa Gay, American Illustration Artist

I have a great respect for the working life and incessant enthusiasm of Melissa Gay, an American artist and mother. This interview took place by eMail; I have edited for readability and length. Melissa was very generous with both time

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Spotlight On: Melissa Gay, American Illustration Artist

I have a great respect for the working life and incessant enthusiasm of Melissa Gay, an American artist and mother. This interview took place by eMail; I have edited for readability and length. Melissa was very generous with both time

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Green Pot, day 2

Today I went over the background with a variety of tones, most of them green that I had mixed up. Using a colour from the tube would have given me a flatness I wanted to avoid.

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Green Pot, day 2

Today I went over the background with a variety of tones, most of them green that I had mixed up. Using a colour from the tube would have given me a flatness I wanted to avoid.

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Green Pot, day 1

Having had positive feedback for Blue on Blue, a tonal piece almost totally in one colour, and the impact of similar red and yellow pieces, I decided to continue in that vein, with a deep green, and another yellow more

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Green Pot, day 1

Having had positive feedback for Blue on Blue, a tonal piece almost totally in one colour, and the impact of similar red and yellow pieces, I decided to continue in that vein, with a deep green, and another yellow more

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Short-term Plans

Do you want to have input into my work? Is there anything you would like me to produce? I have booked into an open day at the Curwen Print Studio, and will be creating several prints over the course of

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Short-term Plans

Do you want to have input into my work? Is there anything you would like me to produce? I have booked into an open day at the Curwen Print Studio, and will be creating several prints over the course of

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Self-Portrait in Oils, a roundup

21 days of painting 3 months of drying time 2 studios 2 supporting paintings 1 supporting drawing 2 pages of supporting sketches 1 hand copy of the groundwork £50 of materials 20 packets of Smarties 1 brother-in-law 15 yards of

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Self-Portrait in Oils, a roundup

21 days of painting 3 months of drying time 2 studios 2 supporting paintings 1 supporting drawing 2 pages of supporting sketches 1 hand copy of the groundwork £50 of materials 20 packets of Smarties 1 brother-in-law 15 yards of

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