Diane S. Dean

      Award winning artist, Diane Dean, works in acrylic, mixed media/collage and encaustic (beeswax). Her work is “Representational Abstract” and incorporates texture and sculptural elements with a vivid color pallet.
Recent awards include: “Best in Show” SoBA Annual Show, “Merit Award” Honey Horn Art Market, Hilton Head.

        Diane’s mixed media painting, “Fall Winetime” was recently selected as the artwork for the Coastal Discovery Museum’s “Winetime” wine auction to be held in October at Honey Horn. Diane also teaches Acrylic, Abstract and PhotoShop for Artists workshops and classes at the Technical College of the Lowcountry, Art Academy of the Hilton Head Art League, the SoBA Gallery in Bluffton, and for the Savannah Department of Cull Affairs.

      She has served on the Board of Directors of a number of art related organizations including the Old Town Bluffton Merchant's Society and The Island School Council for the Arts, a non-profit organization that provides artists-in-residence programs, art materials and equipment, and scholarships for local schools