“Low Tide” painting by Diane Sawyer

The public is invited to meet artist Diane Sawyer at a reception on Thursday, May 14 from 6-8 pm at the Milton Public Library, 476 Canton Avenue, Milton 02186.  Admission is free.  Ms. Sawyer’s paintings are on exhibit throughout May in the Wotiz Gallery of the Milton Public Library to the end of the month.

Diane describes her work, “My pastels are done in very soft pastels on a sanded paper.  The sanded surface allows for colors to be layered over one another, creating a sense of space and atmosphere. Working with pastel is working with pure pigment.  The surface is touched as little as possible, except in areas ilke the sky, which is usually blended.  Layering the pastel pigments has allowed me to explore light and color, and how they change over distance.  I am particularly intrigued right now with water, how it reflects the sky, but also is transparent, with the objects below and above the surface combining in an ever-changing mosaic.  All of my work is essentially about light, the way it falls on the landscape.”

She received a BFA from the Boston Museum School and Tufts University in 1979, and has completed additional coursework at MassArt, Museum School, and Bennington College.  She has also studied with numerous artists.

Ms. Sawyer is the owner and principal of Sawyer Design Associates, LLC, a graphic design studio in Milton, MA and for more information go to www.sawyerdesign.net

For more information about displaying your art at the library, contact Jean Hlady, Adult Services Librarian, at (617) 698-5757.