Multiple award-winning artist Dianna Shyne infuses her paintings with a sense of vitality and life-affirming joy. Pursuing her passion for art, Dianna Shyne has spent almost forty years working in acrylic, oil, and watercolor. She studied 15 years with renowned Russian Impressionist teachers, including Ron Lukas, William Reese, and Del Gish. Dianna has exhibited her work in over 50 solo and two personal exhibitions, winning more than a dozen top national awards, Including first place in The Artist’s Magazine 2013 All Media Competition. Her work has been included in publications such as The Artist Magazine, Watercolor Magic, and Northlight Books. Dianna’s painting “Americana” was featured in the 2013 edition of “Acrylic Works the Best of Acrylic Painting,” published by Northlight Books. Dianna has also given classes and demonstrations around the United States and in Canada, Italy, and China. She is currently teaching monthly workshops online for Acrylic University. To Dianna, teaching is a joy as well as an art. Her classes are both informative and inspirational, conveying not only theoretical art concepts but also delving into the deeper issues of creativity and the ongoing artistic journey. From luminous dripping washes to impasto palette knife and painterly brush strokes, Dianna’s paintings tap into her Russian Impressionist training to evoke the passage of light and deep emotion. Ms. Shyne is a signature member and past president of the Northwest Watercolor Society.