Diane O'Connor
Apr 145 min
Classes with Ali Kay
In the spring of 2024, I took a class called, “Loose Tulips” with Ali Kay. (alikaystudio.com)
Diane O'Connor
Apr 24, 20214 min
Resurrected Dreams
After I became a Christ-follower, I desperately wanted to clarify my calling and serve the Lord with everything I had. I began thinking...
Diane O'Connor
Apr 24, 20213 min
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
Jan 3, 20212 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, 20202 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, 20202 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 19, 20204 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, 20202 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, 20202 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 25, 20203 min
Leader to Leader™ - Intro
Who Should I Be Leading? "Who should I be leading?" was the question that rolled over and over in my mind. I had just completed my...
Diane O'Connor
May 15, 20204 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, 20171 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, 20173 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, 20173 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, 20151 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, 20152 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, 20142 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, 20141 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, 20141 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.