ARTWORKS by DIANE WITTMAN PUNTERI

After working as the director of an international gallery on the Plaza in Santa Fe, New Mexico, then owner of her own gallery- Three Feathers International Gallery of Fine Arts – Diane Wittman Punteri returned after twenty years to painting, the love of her life.  Punteri and her family moved to Tuscany, Italy, in 1994, remaining until 2003. She showed her work and entered many competitions throughout Italy and Europe, always mindful of her Native American roots in New Mexico.  Her “process” for her works comes by the many en plein air pieces she does, along with the technique, she acquired by watching and painting with some of the Southern California Eucalyptus School- members now all deceased, she then takes them back to the studio and edits, with the ever contemplation that the end result comes from her inner self, never really knowing how they will turn out. She calls this process “reflections of our inner emotions and intelligence” quote Diane. She is ever mindful of the color and form with the use of her natural sensibilities. There is a depth of color and true earth-bound simplicity in Punteri’s paintings. Mindful of the “wholeness” of the finished piece and the solicitation of awe for the wonder of the many landscapes she depicts and the vastness of depth she loves to portray.

Punteri now lives and works in northern California (Nevada City) with her Italian husband and their three sons.  Punteri, grew up in the foothills (Eldorado County).

Email:dianepunteri@comcast.net