Diane has developed from a life long enjoyment of art, a true passion for miniatures. She is a self-taught artist with a preference for painting in detail and with precision.

Her miniatures are usually in watercolour, sometimes with an embellishment of gouache, on an ivorine or polymin base. The technique she employs excludes all forms of magnification except perhaps when executing fine finishing touches.

She prefers portraiture but covers other subjects too, including French themes which she is in a good position to do, living as she now does in Provence.

Her work has been represented mainly through The Hilliard Society, The Society of Limners, The Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers and The Société des Artistes en Miniatures et Arts Précieux. Paintings have been exhibited extensively throughout the UK, in France and also Tasmania and the U.S.A.

Currently she edits the Hilliard Society's twice yearly newsletter, while her portraits have won 1st and 2nd awards in exhibition. Commissions are sometimes taken when she prefers to work from several photographs, supplied with additional colour notes and references.

This artist can be contacted c/o: carolinehayes@onetel.com

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