Diane Bowie Zaitlin's mixed media and encaustic paintings reveal her fascination with the power of color, sensuality of surface, and use of a veiled narrative.  Her imagery often refers to memory, choices, searching, and relationships, often with a hint of landscape.  She is especially attracted to the luminosity, depth, and fluidity of encaustic that allows a natural combination of painting and collage.

The May issue of Downeast Magazine featured Diane and her solo exhibit at the Saco Museum entitled Point of Departure.  The exhibit showcases work in a variety of media that was influenced by a residency at Great Spruce Head Island off the Maine coast.  Please see pages here for Point of Departure installation and images.

Diane has exhibited extensively including group shows at Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, New York City; The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, Mass.; Saco Museum, Saco, Maine; ArtSpace Gallery, Maynard, Mass.; Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, Maine; Elan Fine Arts, Rockland, Maine; Greenhut Galleries, Portland, Maine; George Marshall Store Gallery, York, Maine; Brian Marki Gallery, Portland, Oregon; Redhouse Gallery, Dubuque, Iowa; Silvermine Guild  Arts Center, New Canaan, Conn.;  Charter Oak Temple Gallery,Hartford, Conn.; Slater Museum, Norwich, Conn.

Selected solo exhibits:
2011  Saco Museum, Saco, Maine
2008  North Dam Mill, Biddeford, Maine.
2004  University of New England, Biddeford, Maine.
         Saco Museum, Saco, Maine.
2002  University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn.

2001 Davidson and Daughters Contemporary Art, Portland, Me.

1997  State House, Augusta, Maine.
1996  St. Joseph's College, Windham, Maine.

Diane received a B.F.A. from the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut and also studied at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York.  She has studied at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and Maine College of Art.


Diane was an active member of New England Wax and participated in many of their exhibits, including the  Diptych Project featuring collaborative work with members of New England Wax and I.E.A..
Diane has been an artist-in-residence at schools and museums with the Maine Touring Artist Program of the Maine Arts Commission for over twenty years. She currently teaches small independent encaustic workshops at her studio in Saco, Me.  

Please enjoy viewing my work and let me know if you would like to receive notification of my upcoming exhibits and workshops.