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Profile written by DIANE AFTON AESCHLIMAN

My life-long interest in painting began when I was a child living in Europe, and developed more fully when I majored in painting at the Rhode Island School of Design. My skill was further refined as an Associate Professor at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, where I taught drawing and painting for fourteen years. My classical approach emphasizes draughtsmanship, clear, vibrant color and the appreciation of light. I believe personal observation and the interaction between artist and subject are critical to good painting.

An Elected Artist of the Lyme Art Association, I served on the Board of Directors for three years. For several years I have been a member of the New England Plein Air Painters, and am a Regional Leader and six-time award recipient of the Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists, www.CSOPA.org. Last year I received a third award for painting from the Rockport Art Association and an award for painting from the Hudson Valley Art Association. My painting “Marissa” was published in the International Artists Magazine book “How Did You Paint That? People and Figures, Vol. 2.” My work is represented by several New England galleries and is in many private and corporate collections, here and abroad.

I offer several portrait/figure and landscape workshops annually at the Lyme Art Association, as well as summer figure and landscape workshops at my home studio, the Killingworth Atelier.

To see more of my work and to find out about commission opportunities and workshops, please contact me at dianeaeschliman@aol.com and visit www.dianeaeschliman.com