Biography...A Look into the Artist

<body topmargin="20" bgcolor="#000000" link="#FFCC99" vlink="#FFFFCC" alink="#FFFFCC"> <div align="center"> <center> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="95%"> <tr> <td width="40%"> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" background="images/Laurie_bannerTiny.jpg" style="color: #993300; font-family: Edwardian Script ITC"> <tr> <td><font face="Edwardian Script ITC"><font color="#996633">VHA VHA VHA VHA VHA VHA</font> </font></td> </tr> </table> </div> <p align="center"><font face="UnivrstyRoman Bd BT" size="6" color="#FFFFCC"><b><u>Dianna Pontin</u>g</b></font><br> <font face="Edwardian Script ITC" size="5" color="#FFFFCC">Vanishing Heritage Artworks</font></p> <p align="center"><b><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#996633">paintings  l  exhibitions  l  contact</font></b></p> <p align="center"><b><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#996633">biography</font></b></p> <div align="center"> <center> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" height="120"> <tr> <td><b><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#D1A476">What's new<br> A look into the Artist<br> Artist's statement<br> Recent items of interest<br> Illustrations for publication<br> </font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000">.</font></b></td> </tr> </table> </center> </div> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" background="images/Laurie_bannerTiny.jpg" style="color: #993300; font-family: Edwardian Script ITC"> <tr> <td><font face="Edwardian Script ITC"><font color="#996633">VHA VHA VHA VHA VHA VHA</font> </font></td> </tr> </table> </div> </td> <td width="50%" style="text-align: Justify; margin-left: 20"> <p align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#FFCC99" size="2"><b>Dianna Ponting, A.F.C.A., P.S.C.</b></font></p> <ul> <ul> <p align="center" style="margin-left: -60"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><font color="#FFCC99">A Look into the Artist   by Roberta Nielsen</font></b></font></p> <p align="justify" style="margin-left: -70"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><font color="#FFCC99">It</font> <font color="#FFCC99">was Dianna's love of Canadiana that resulted in an exciting invitation to display her works for the Queen and visiting heads of state during the 1987 Commonwealth Conference.</font></b></font></p> <p align="justify" style="margin-left: -70"><font color="#FFCC99" size="2" face="Arial"><b>This fondness for our heritage is evident in the stirring paintings she shares with all of us.  In an image of a derelict automobile, children in a washtub or flowers in an antique vase one can sense her invitation to close our eyes, smile and remember when....</b></font></p> <p align="justify" style="margin-left: -70"><font color="#FFCC99" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Childhood memories of life on the Canadian Prairies are interwoven with the present to inspire work that is timeless and renowned for the realism and detail used in expressing it.  Created via many different mediums, Dianna's use of light, shadow and texture combined with rich color or subtle washes results in a wonderfully distinctive style.  </b></font></p> </ul> </ul> <p> </td> </tr> </table> </center> </div>  </body>