Artist Statement

Visual Abstraction

dianne k. webb is best known for color rich conceptual paintings that translate current ideas, inspirations, and wonderings into abstract visual elements. Works in a variety of media—including oil, synthetic polymer, encaustic, mixed media on canvas and paper, fibre sculptures, and installations—often utilize the elements of figure, geometry, texture to express ideas of transformation—the paradox of love; the struggles of society and interconnectedness; existence and transition; and aspects of the individual’s ever evolving identity across time and space.

Webb’s work has been exhibited across the U.S. and in Canada her work can be found in several private collections across the country.

But the fact that these artists seemed so disappointed in the fair’s turnout and reception was somewhat beneficial to visitors such as myself, since I was given the opportunity to hear about the intentions and methods of some of the artists whose work I genuinely enjoyed. Houston-based artist Dianne K. Webb, whose kaleidoscopic marine-themed pieces utilize an ethereal, eye-catching palette of light blues and greens, explained her process of making ink look like watercolor and the themes of transformation and renewal her work focuses on.

—The Urban Realist, THE NYC PARALLAX ART FAIR: SUBVERTING THE NORM,

DANASIAFANTASTIC, MAY 13, 2013