Inside-Out
INSIDE OUT ART PRINT by Kerri Rosenthal "Inside-out" is a theme in my life. Over the years, God has woven inside-out thinking into the...
DIANE O'CONNOR
designer - catalyst - coach
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Diane O'Connor
- Jan 3, 2021
- 2 min
Three Life Lessons From a Poppy Painting
BLUE VASE POPPIES, MIXED MEDIA ACRYLIC, 16 x 20 Life Lesson 1: If you do not like the direction life is going, try changing your...
Diane O'Connor
- Dec 25, 2020
- 2 min
Monochromatic Birches
Above: Monochromatic Birches - Mixed Media on a 20 x 24 stretched canvas. Below: Golden Grove, 18 x 24 - Another piece created using the...
Diane O'Connor
- Nov 13, 2020
- 2 min
Daisies & Delphs
This fall the colors faded fast, the temperature dipped, and everything became very dark and gray much earlier than usual —it even...
Diane O'Connor
- Aug 29, 2020
- 3 min
Fall Kaleidoscope
Fall is in the air! The days are beautiful and you can tell that the sun is getting lower in the sky. I love these last days of summer!...
Diane O'Connor
- Aug 19, 2020
- 4 min
Sunny Sunflowers
Fall Designing & Decorating I wanted to create something to hang above my sink for the fall season, so I started with a cradled wood...
Diane O'Connor
- Jul 30, 2020
- 2 min
Transformation
I felt like creating something. Something bright. Something textured. It was fall and I loved the vibrant color all around me. the...
Diane O'Connor
- Jun 4, 2020
- 2 min
Patriotic Poppies
After completing my first piece during my Fabulous Florals class with Elizabeth St Hilare, I decided I wanted to do something in a blue...
Diane O'Connor
- May 15, 2020
- 4 min
Fabulous Florals
April - May 2020. I was surfing the net for inspiration for mixed media floral design, and found that Elizabeth St Hilare was offering an...
Diane O'Connor
- May 1, 2017
- 1 min
Lil' Pea
I heard about a children's play at our local library Lil' Pea. There was a call for artists who had any type of "peacock art" that could be
Diane O'Connor
- Feb 3, 2017
- 3 min
Love my bike!
I wanted to try a mixed media piece using Modge Podge on 1/4" birch plywood (one side smooth). I bought a 4'x'8' at Home Depot and had...
Diane O'Connor
- Jan 14, 2017
- 3 min
What's In Your Heart
"Inside - Out." This has been a theme in my life. In the 80's when I was teaching art at my children's Christian school I kept praying...
Diane O'Connor
- Nov 3, 2015
- 1 min
Texture & More Texture!
Last year I repurposed a "peachy oil painting" that someone was discarding. I turned it into a scenes with birch trees. It never felt...
Diane O'Connor
- Apr 3, 2015
- 2 min
Gourds - Who Knew?
April, 2015 Bob & I were in St. George Utah visiting his sister, Anne, who makes beautiful designs out of gourds. I had a fun time...
Diane O'Connor
- Nov 15, 2014
- 2 min
Thirty-Five
Last week was Christian Life Fellowship's 35th anniversary, and I was asked to help with a few displays of photos to celebrate the rich hist
Diane O'Connor
- Oct 5, 2014
- 1 min
Blast From the Past
As I was sorting through my photos this week I found these photos from 2009. We werepainting the designs on Maddy and Charlie's newly painte
Diane O'Connor
- Sep 12, 2014
- 1 min
Making a Memory - Kaleigh's Room
We had a wonderful time in North Carolina last week at our son and daughter-in-law's new home - and it was fun to tackle a few projects.