Diana Sheldon

I have a textile design degree from Hornsey College of Art and my career with John Lewis plc embraced textile and interior design. Since painting full-time, I have taken part in Bucks Open Studios and Bucks Art Weeks since 1998, and my watercolours have been selected for exhibition in London’s Mall Galleries by the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, the Society of Women Artists, and the Royal Society of Marine Artists.

My work has featured in galleries both locally and further afield and is in private collections world-wide.
My textile design career informs my painting. Overseas travel has provided me with the vibrant light and colours which inspire me. I always look for pattern and design in quite ordinary subjects. Watercolour is a fluid and unpredictable medium and controlling it (or not!) makes it exciting to use and allows me to capture all these elements in my work.
I was elected to membership of the Bucks Art Society in 2016.

Recent Exhibitions:
2017 Society of Women Artists, Mall Galleries, London
2017 Royal Society of Marine Artists, Mall Galleries, London
2017-2018 Claydon Gallery Summer and Autumn Exhibitions
2019 Bingham’s Art Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire
2021 Bucks Art Society Centenary Exhibition, Aylesbury
2021 Broadway Arts Festival, Broadway, Cotswolds
2022-2023 Wooburn Festival Visual Arts Exhibition, Wooburn
2021-2023 Bucks Art Weeks, The Winslow Group, Winslow
2016-2023 Bucks Art Society Autumn Exhibitions
2017-2024 Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, London.