Hello, I’m Diane. Welcome to my website! I am an abstract impressionist painter with a 40-year background in the film industry as a Script Supervisor. I grew up on the beaches of Santa Monica, California, where creativity ran deep in my family — a quirky bunch of Carnies, as I like to say. My father was a film editor, my mother an actress, one brother a photographer, and the other a site rep for locations.

While filming Real Steel in Detroit in 2010, that I found myself standing before the paintings of Chu Hui Pak at Cobo Arena — and something in me shifted. The colors, the emotion, the quiet power of those works stirred something I hadn’t realized was waiting to be found. It felt like recognition — like a part of me had been seen. But it was later, during the filming of The Face of Love, Annette Bening portrayed an artist, and the artwork on set was stunning. Compelled, I had the Art Director introduce me to the artist and purchased two of the paintings right off the set. No turning back.

Soon after, I bought brushes, paint, and canvas, and began taking art classes in every city I filmed in. What began as curiosity became a calling — a way to translate feeling into form, to find the feelings I had tucked away, and to let myself learn myself. Each piece continues that conversation — between color and silence, motion and stillness, what I know and what I’m still discovering.

It lights me up to see one of my paintings on the wall and think, “Damn, I love that!” And more than anything, I want to share that spark — that same moment of recognition and connection — with you. So please, take a moment to look around and enjoy my work.