Diane Belfiglio profoundly captures our past

This week’s hearted artist, Diane Belfiglio, is without a doubt the epitome of artistic skill. She’s technically vivacious, capturing richly by hand the same moments in time a photographer captures by lens. The historical buildings and monuments that serve so often as her subjects arrive on paper and canvas resolutely whole and resoundingly profound.

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The clean lines of these architectural conquests are clearly captured by steady hand and triumphant heart.

Diane’s innate grasp of the fundamentals – specifically her mastery of the temperate elements, light and shadow – are something to marvel at. Though her work is vastly literal, she calls forth the conceptual, intangible components underlying each of her subjects, bringing to life aspects of history unseen by others.

Diane has an incredible career resume: she’s exhibited in more than 150 shows, has pieces in the permanent collection of Itchiku Kubota Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, National First Ladies’ Library here in Canton, dozens of corporate offices and private collectors, and most recently, she had the honor of being selected for the permanent collection of the Butler Museum of American Art.

She’s also an incredibly precise, patient instructor of the arts, having taught at schools throughout the area. Currently, she’s an adjunct professor at Walsh University, my alma mater, where I was fortunate enough to learn under her watchful eye.

This week marks our fifth hearted artist – five times that we’ve recognized the incredible artistic talent right here in Stark County, Ohio. We’ve seen all manner creativity in all variety of media, and the best news is that we’re just getting started.

Check out more of Diane’s work on her website, or click over to her permanent Hearted-Artist gallery.

Please let us know what YOU think about Diane’s work by leaving a comment below, and by rating her portfolio. Come back next week – same time, same place – to check out our next hearted artist!

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P.S. You’ll never be cool like Diane if you don’t submit your artist portfolio! And if you’ve already submitted, we’ll be picking another hearted artist next week – it might just be you!