Focal Point: Diann Haist
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The Artist Says:
"Imagine a world without artists - how bleak it would be. An artist sees the world around them from a different angle, and it is up to them to present it so others can pause a moment and reflect. A respite from turmoil.
Art is my first language so I paint anything I am touched by and wish to communicate to others."
Art and painting are like breathing for me. Both must be done to really live life to the fullest. My work is inspired by all that is around me; the colours, the landscape, the people. I strive to put that life-force and energy into the paintings.
Having been a full time professional artist for almost 40 years has given me the opportunity to go to unusual places and meet many wonderful people along the way. I can't think of a better thing to do.
Collectors Say:
"There is something about this painting which moved me almost to tears when I saw it."
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"I have seen the great paintings of the Old Masters and you truly demonstrate the Masters Touch."
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"I have no words to explain my feelings when I saw them... They are all and each beautiful...I cannot say which is the one I like best...I congratulate you because of your excellent work."
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"I am pleased to see your more recent works and to know you have developed so beautifully as an artist. I wish you continued success. You are very talented."
Dealers Say:
"Haist's subject matter portrays a deep understanding - women being women, streets being streets, nature being natural - through a mirror of simplicity....a simlicity that belies the skill required to achieve it.
This charismatic quality has won Diann Haist a very wide audience and an enviable hard core of collectors."
Other Artists Say:
"Am SO happy with my beautiful print. You are such a gorgeous ARTIST." (Laury Dizengremel - award winning sculptor)
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"Certainly, Diann Haist has come forward as an important voice of our time" H. P. Patton, A.S.A
(Artist, art critic, and former director of the Sear's Gallery, Chicago, Illinois)
Artwork by Diann Haist
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Recent Blog Posts by Diann Haist
The Challenge of the Self-Portrait
Posted on 4/17/2008 12:14:32 AM
Surprise Painting
Posted on 12/24/2007 12:36:43 PM
Art Blogs - Our Modern Day Cafe
Posted on 11/26/2007 1:13:55 PM
October Painting en Plein Air
Posted on 10/14/2007 1:40:33 PM
When a Composition Goes Wrong
Posted on 10/3/2007 12:53:40 PM
The House That Artists Built
Posted on 9/27/2007 4:37:00 PM
Alaska Plein Air Weekend
Posted on 8/1/2007 3:53:41 PM
Look, Don't Think!
Posted on 7/15/2007 5:12:09 PM
Coming Soon
Posted on 7/8/2007 12:45:10 PM
Posted on 12/15/2006 7:09:30 PM
Other Web Pages With Info About Diann Haist
Diann Haist's Main Artist Website
Art Galleries Representing Diann Haist
Bootstrap Publishing
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Charlie's Club 25 Coffee Gallery
Anchorage, Alaska -
Contemporary Art Gallery
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Dimension Plus Galleries
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Posters International
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Printziples Fine Art Gallery
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River Coyote
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Overview
Click Here to go to the website for artist Diann Haist"Russian Gypsy"
10"x 8"
Oil on Raymar Claessen's Belgian Linen Panel
Thank you for visiting my website. I add new works frequently and if you would like periodic updates, sign up for my email newsletter, and please feel free to contact me. It's always nice to hear from visitors.
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." (Antoine de Saint Exupery - Le Petit Prince)
" No work of art is really ever finished. They only stop at good places "
Robert Henri
Copyright Diann Haist 2008
Biography
Art and painting are like breathing for me. Both must be done to really live life to the fullest. My work is inspired by all that is around me; the colours, the landscape, the people. I strive to put that life-force and energy into the paintings.
Having been a full time professional artist for almost 40 years has given me the opportunity to go to unusual places and meet many wonderful people along the way. I can't think of a better thing to do.
Biography
The eldest of three children, Diann Haist was born and raised in a small town in southern Ontario, Canada. Haist enjoyed an early exposure to fine art through her meetings with some latter members of the legendary Canadian Group of Seven artists, who gave her painting tips as she followed them around her little town as they were plein air painting. She held her first solo exhibition at the age of thirteen, and in her college years, Haist pursued a classical art education. Her studies in Canada under the tutelage of Audrey Garwood and Doris McCarthy helped instill an enthusiasm for drawing and painting with passion.
After her formal training, Haist kept up her interest in Life Drawing, and began teaching, always emphasizing the importance of drawing from life as a strong foundation upon which to build a work of art.
Haist's work typically employs the combined techniques of the Impressionist Masters and the Old Masters. Being classically oriented, she begins each figurative piece as an abstract, using a toned canvas, often employing Rembrandt's technique of wiping out the masses of her subject with a rag as the base upon which to build. Her figurative works are also based on a solid grounding of drawing from life as it is her belief that the ability to draw well, to observe structure and balance, is the basis of creating a convincing work of art.
In her landscapes however, no drawing is involved. She lays down broad areas of color and allows the masses of light to guide her to her subject and to the liveliness and depth that have become her trademark. Each layer applied allows the brilliance of the previous layer to come through, similar to the working methods of the French Impressionists, such as Monet.
Over her career of forty-plus years, Diann Haist has had many successful solo exhibitions which have garnered her an enviable core of collectors. Her versatility as an artist allows her to explore a variety of themes: her oils and acrylics, either on canvas or paper, display a bold brush stroke and confident technique.
Haist's paintings are part of numerous major corporate and private collections in Canada, the United States, Japan, Argentina and throughout Europe.
Diann Haist's work is known internationally in over 40 countries through Fine Art posters published by Posters International.
Fine Art giclee's of selected works by Diann Haist are also available through Bootstrap Publishing at HaistArt.com.
Diann currently resides in Alaska where the big landscape and it's Indigenous People are a never-ending source of inspiration.
"The inspiration for my art comes from a combination of extensive travels, with much outdoor painting and sketching from life, as well as a passion for music.
I have learned much from my favorite artists, Degas, Monet, Emile Gruppe, Edgar Payne, Nicolai Fechin, Lawren Harris, William Merritt Chase, John Singer Sargent, Wassily Kandinsky, Anders Zorn, as well as some 19th Century Scandinavian Impressionists"
SOME SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: <>
2007 Anna Kristine's, Anchorage Alaska Group Exhibition artists Diann Haist, Eric Deeter, James Belcher, Don Kolstad, Cheryll Heinze, Vladimir Bolotov & Glenda McKay.
2007 Art on Fifth Fine Art Gallery, (Best of Canadian Contemporary Art exhibition),Austin Texas
2006 St Pierre Galleries, Anchorage, Alaska
2004 ART on 5th Fine Art Gallery, (Best of Canadian Contemporary Art exhibition) Austin, Texas
2000-2003 Organic Oasis, Anchorage, Alaska
1999 Joy Gallery, Keywest, Florida
1995 Galerie Pauline Johnson, Montreal, Quebec
1994 Maruzen Co. Galleries, Nagoya, Kyoto, Sendai, Okayama, Tokyo, Japan
1993-99 Artisan's Alley, London, Canada
1992-99 Gallery Fyraarstyder, Stockholm, Sweden
1993 Jacques Brel is Alive & Well & living in Paris-Teatre Francais & Canadian Opera Company, Toronto, Canada
1993 Dimension Plus, Toronto, Canada
1992 Bonnie Kagan Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1992 Gallery 88, Clearwater, USA
1991-2007 Dimension Plus Galleries, Montreal Quebec
1988-99 Denison Gallery, Markham, Ontario Canada
1987-1994 Rosing Fine Art, Markham Ontario Canada
1983-1990 Whitman Gallery, Toronto Ontario Canada
1976-1980 Arthur-Morton Galleries, Yorkville in Toronto, Canada
PUBLICATIONS
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Featured in Magazin' art Biennial Guides 2000-2001
Featured Cover Artist for Selling Travel Magazine 1973-1976
A Few Accomplishments:
Since 1990, fine art posters of Diann Haist's work have been popular world-wide in over 40 countries.
- In 1994, Diann Haist was honoured to have 9 original paintings purchased which became part of a touring exhibition in 6 major cities throughout Japan, sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of Trade and Culture.
- Over the years, Haist's work has been commissioned for and appeared in many major movies and TV productions.
- In 2004, completed a commission of 22 large original paintings for an important property in North Miami Beach Florida.
MEMBERSHIPS:
Diann Haist is a member of Oil Painters of America, the American Impressionist Society, and also enjoys painting with the Alaska Plein Air Artists Group.
Upcoming Events and Exhibits
Upcoming Workshops
Other Web Pages that Diann Haist Recommends you visit
(These pages are not necessarily about Diann Haist)
ACQUALINA RESORT, Sunny Isles, Miami Beach
Alaska State Museums
Alaska Watercolor Society
American Impressionist Society
Anchorage Museum of History and Art
ART.com
ArtChallenge
Artists Magazine
ARTon 5th Fine Art Gallery
Audrey Garwood
Canvoo
Doris McCarthy
Eric Deeter Fine Artist
Grahame Potter Marketing
Index of Canadian Artists - Visual Arts /
International Gallery of Contemporary Art
KAKM Art Showcase
Laury Dizengremel Award Winning Sculptor
Leonardo Galleries
Maynard Elliot Inc. Fine Art Appraiser
Oil Painters of America
Posters International
Raymar Supplies for the Artist
The Painter's Keys
Tim Harrison
Virtual Library of Contemporary Art
ZOLMEDIA.COM
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