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Cherry Blossom Montage 21) 21"x21" canvas paintings
Japanese Friendship Garden San Diego
Sakura Fubuki Exhibit 2/1/13-4/28/13

artists and audiences are in a symbiotic relationship. the artist may paint his interpretation and intentions but  the audience has a tremendous impact on whether that art work (and the artist) is viewed and acknowledged. the intent too is based on personal interpretation. though the artist may have a specific idea of his intentions, the viewer carries with him, his own, thus altering the vision on a personal level (galleries, curators, writers...all bring with them their personal interpretations). the audience has the power of  determining the status of an artist, and painting and also determining the interpretation of the artists own interpretation.
during this exhibit the 12"x12" paintings will be for sale, either singularly or in groups. unlike normal exhibits that ask work not be removed until the end of the exhibit, i request work be removed immediately after purchase.  by allowing the audience to purchase the art work during the exhibit, and thus re-configuring the artwork, the art process and  the artwork, evolves. it is part of the process and the art experience, just as the original painting is a process, so is the viewing, selling, and removal of pieces that make for a 'new' piece, interpretation and experience. it gives a transparency to the symbiotic relationship of artist and audience. i am really excited by this concept.

post script. so many of the pieces were removed, the painting lost it's continuity, success, however, i decided to paint replacement pieces to indicate an evolving tree, cherry blossom summer.

Posted by Diana Carey Art at 4:57 PM 
Diana Carey artist statement


Life is not a straight line.

click on links below to view:

painting process short video

painting process video long

essay by N.Y critic Robert Mahoney

art critic John Mendelsohn commentary

coast news Kay Colvin interview

N.Y art critic Jonathan Goodman review

CA 2017 ArtNews

2016 CA ArtNews

Adelman Fine Art curriculum vitae

BA with distinction in Art and emphasis in Art History SDSU

2008-current: gestural painter

1994-current: expressive arts teacher / grants recipient



CA ArtNews, featured artist

Los Angeles Art Association, juried member

Rebecca Molayem Gallery, Los Angeles, representation

Rebecca Molayem Gallery, Los Angeles, solo exhibition and artist lecture

Adelman Fine Art, featured artist, February 2017

Ritz Carlton, exhibit in conjunction with LGOCA current through April 2017

Adelman Fine Art Gallery, San Diego, representation

Oceanside Museum of Art , exhibit March-Aug. 2017

Beverly Hills ArtShow, May & Oct. 2017

Herbert B. Turner Gallery, solo exhibit Sept. 2017


L' Attitude Gallery, Boston, representation

Tim Mitchell Gallery, Palm Desert, representation

Beverly Hills ArtShow, Spring/Fall

LAAA membership



Oceanside Museum of Art, exhibit


Laguna Gallery of Contemporary Art, Laguna Beach CA representation

Beverly Hills artShow, Beverly Hills

Nadine Baurin Fine Art Gallery, Leucadia, solo exhibit & representation

The Gallery at The Brooks, Oceanside, solo exhibit

Santa Clarita Fem Art Slam, Santa Clarita, invitational

Japanese Friendship Garden Balboa Park museum row solo exhibit

Brooks Theatre Oceanside solo exhibit

Women's Museum of California juried exhibit

Legendary Locals of Encinitas Book included artist

Picture Art Foundation CSUDH Los Angeles exhibit

Cultural Inside Gallery Luxembourg representation


Allied Artist of America/ National Arts Club New York 98th Annual

Picture Art Foundation/ CSUDH Los Angeles exhibit

Cultural Inside/ Abbaye de Neumunster Luxembourg exhibit

Insight Labs/ National Holocaust Museum sessions


National Museum of Catholic Art and History New York permanent collection


The Historical Society of Washington DC DC exhibit

City of Encinitas San Diego invitational

NYSVA New York workshop


Charles Bibbs 626 Gallery at Studio B Los Angeles invitational

City of Encinitas San Diego curator/exhibitor


4 Walls Gallery San Diego retrospective

Gotthelf Gallery La Jolla exhibit

Regents Gallery Los Angeles exhibit



San Diego Museum of Natural History San Diego exhibit

4 Walls Design Gallery San Diego solo exhibit


Trios Gallery/Cedros Design District San Diego solo exhibit


Joseph David Gallery San Diego featured artist


Del Mar TV San Diego poetry and art

San Diego Art Institute San Diego membership award


San Diego Decor and Style Magazine San Diego featured artist

Territories Gallery Tucson AZ solo exhibit

Art and Accents / Cedros Design District solo exhibit

City of Encinitas San Diego banner artist selected collections


Adelman Fine Art, San Diego

Rebecca Molayem Gallery, Los Angeles

Laguna Gallery of Contemporary Art, Laguna Beach

Nadine Baurin Fine Arts, Leucadia

The Gallery at The Brooks, Oceanside

Culture Inside Gallery, Luxembourg

public collections


Blue Heron Farms B&B, Oceanside

National Museum of Catholic Art and History, New York

Mission Gathering Church, San Diego

4 Walls Gallery, San Diego

Currant American Brasserie, Hotel Sofia, San Diego

Firefly Wine Bar and Grill, Encinitas

corporate collections

Poet Land and Cattle, Nevada

Xcelsior Corp, Del Mar

ARC Architecture, La Costa

Zephyr Corp, Carlsbad

workshops and lectures


California Center for Creative Renewal


Casa Amparo


Kenneth A. Picerne Artist Outreach Grant 2011

Collins Family Grant for Casa de Amparo 2012

Kerr Foundation 2014