.......Raised in California, Spain, and Old and New Mexico, Diane continued her nomadic
life as an adult living overseas in Latin America and the Middle East as a U.S. Foreign Service spouse. Through all
that she found time to create art which was strongly influenced by the distinct cultures she encountered.
Between 1978 and 1990, painting as Diane Haladay, she had numerous solo, group, and
gallery shows in El Salvador, Washington D.C., Virginia, North Carolina, Jordan, and Honduras. She also conducted various
painting, drawing and printmaking workshops.
Her academic life includes: University of New Mexico (BA), Northern Virginia
Community College-Alexandria (AA-FA summa cum laude), and Academia Centro Valero Lecha-Escuela de Bellas Artes in El Salvador.
Over the last three years Diane has been working closely with mentor, reknown Texas
artist Bill Herring, both in Puerto Rico and as part of his Master Group in Cloudcroft, New Mexico. Past influences
include: sculptor Benjamin Saul (El Salvador); printmaker Carol Sue Lebbin (Virginia); painters Peter Plagens,
Newsweek art critic, and Doug Sanderson (North Carolina); watercolorists Arne Westerman, Jim Kosvanec and Monica
Linville Laird.
In 1990, Diane developed her own greeting card business, Cutter Studios, in Virginia
but left that to pursue the "good life" in Puerto Rico, teaching SCUBA and running deluxe sailing charters with husband, Brian
Robbins.
In 1999, after a seven year hiatus, she returned to the art community as co-founder
and President of the East End Art Guild (www.eeag.org), devoted to the development of the arts in eastern Puerto Rico. Currently Diane is a moderator
on the www.WetCanvas.com internet artist community. She now lives and paints in the cool, green Puerto Rican mountains overlooking
the quaint town of Ceiba and St. Thomas, spending a portion of each year in the American Southwest.
Receiving many awards, her work is in private collections reaching from the United
States and Puerto Rico to Central America, Spain, Jordan and Australia. She is currently represented at the Coqui International
Artist and Artisan Gallery in Palmer, Puerto Rico.
Among her professional memberships are: EEAG (founder and past President),
Asociación Acuaralista de Puerto Rico (juried), www.ArtPlaces.com (juried).
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