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Diane Thorton
Diane was born in Liverpool in 1949. She moved to York with her family in 1963 and married with two children. Her various studies have included Art and Ceramics at York and Harrogate, but her work is centred on her Studio in Skelton.
Having lived in Yorkshire, she seeks her inspiration from the Countryside in the North of Yorkshire, the East Coast, the Moors or even the city of York itself. There is also still life and Diane's four cats at the ready if the weather turns bad!
Her passionate love of colour sparks the need to paint and find a balance between reality and abstraction. Working in most media, her particular favourite is soft pastels; the immediateness of the pastel gives her the greatest pleasure. Following close behind are mixed media, water colour, gouache, acrylic, oil pastel, oil and clay. She has exhibited in various exhibitions in the North of England. Her work is in private collections throughout the world.