Diane Best

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Diane Best studied in the San Francisco
area (Stanford University, San Francisco Art Institute), before moving
south to Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, she was involved with the
entertainment industry doing commercial work, as well as commissioned
portrait work for private clients, while exhibiting her paintings.
Since living in Joshua Tree, California, Diane has focused her talent
on capturing various dramatic scenes of the desert landscape.

Diane Best has traveled to some of the most remote locations within
deserts of the southwest to fully surround herself in the receptivity
and aesthetics of the environment. Best's paintings are rich, vivid
and inspiring, through her skilled use of color and light derived from
her observation of natural landscapes.

"Seeking some of the more remote, uninhabited and overlooked corners
of the desert, I am interested in preserving or recording a single
incredible moment of converging light and landscape while enjoying the
space, beauty and quietness of the desert," describes Best.

Diane Best's work has been presented solo and group exhibitions in San
Francisco, Los Angeles, New Hampshire, New York as well as Boston.
Recently, her work has been profiled in publications like,
"Lifescapes; West Coast Art & Design," The Desert Trail," and "The
High-Desert Star," as well as the art book "This Face You Got."

Opening October 4, 2006, "Off in the Distance" Diane Best will present
her latest series of works along with Mary-Austin Klein. For more
information on Diane Best, please contact Juan Garcia at (323)
663-2787 or by email at juan@metrogallery.org.