Diane Tellian
Product Details
Diane Tellian, American, 21st cenuty. A 21st century acrylic, watercolor and colored pencil mixed media on paper from Tellian's "Topography" series, titled "Chasm". Signed "Tellian" lower right. Image 28 1/2 x 19" high, in brushed metal frame 34 3/4 x 25 1/2" high overall.
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Biography:
Diane Tellian was born & raised in Southern California, and received her B.A. in Studio Art & History from the University of California at Santa Barbara. She presently lives and works in Ann Arbor, Michigan with her family. Regarding her Topography series, Tellian says: "I build up textures from layers of paint over weeks & even months. If you would run your fingers over the tactile surface of these paintings, you would feel hills and gullies. My watercolor palette emphasizes the colors of the earth: ochre, burnt sienna, turquoise, indigo, umber." Artist Statement: “Artists are commended for their ability to "keep seeing". They call it attentiveness. My nearsightedness began as a child traipsing out in the woods or along California beaches. Traipsing is still a preferred activity. GK Chesterton describes it "like having a 100 windows open on all sides of your head." Vistas are breath-taking, but I am most enamored with the "little worlds" at my feet--multiple, layered microcosms. If you would run your fingers over the tactile surface of these paintings, you would feel hills and gullies. My watercolor palette emphasizes the colors of the earth: ochre, burnt sienna, turquoise, indigo, umber.” - Diane Tellian