BIRTHPLACE:
Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada

EDUCATION:
Ecole Louis Riel, St. Boniface,Manitoba, Canada
RN from St. Boniface Hospital 
Three Schools of Art in Toronto,Ont.,Canada
Bachelor Fine Arts from Herts College of Art and Design in St. Albans, England (Now Hertfordshire University)1985
6 years study at North River Arts Society with John Kilroy 1992 -1998?
has taken workshops with a plethora of talented teachers / artists including Lois Griffel, Tom Browning, Kevin MacPherson, Carolyn Anderson, Dan Gerhartz, Scott Burdick, Mark Daily, Don Stone and Randall Sexton

SOME OF DIANE SCOTT`S PRIZES AND ACCOLADES:

Scarborough citywide juried Consillium show 1995
Consumer Gas Cash Award

Scarborough Art Guild 1995: Best Oil award

Cape Cod Art Association : Feb 1997 Juror`s Award

Festival of the Arts, North River Arts Society;
Best Marine Paintng Award 2003 and 2004

Festival of the Arts, NRAS , Juried Art Show: May 2000: First Place Oil/ acrylic

Festival of the Arts, NRAS, Juried Art Show: First place Oil / acrylic one other year

North River Arts Society: Numerous Honorable Mentions over the last 5 - 6 years

Cape Cod Arts Association 1999 All New England Juried Show 1999 : First Place, oil / acrylic

Hull Lifesaving Museum< Fall Sea and Sky Show: Best in Show in 2004, honorable mention in 2005

North River Arts Society Calendar competition 2005.. COVER AWARD for "Fog lifting, Stonington"


North River Arts Society 2006 Calendar competition: Finalist

TEACHING:

taught beginner and intermediate oil painting classes at NRAS for several ears. gave up regular teaching in 2004 to concentrate on my own painting exclusively

Attleboro Museum .. weeklong workshop and weekend workshop in 2001 and 2000

numerous art demos and talks about my process in conjunction with various gallery and library shows etc.

SHOWS:

Northeast FineArt and Design (double show) september 2005

South Street Gallery, Hingham (solo show) spring 2005

James Library center for the Arts December 1997 (solo)

Dolphin Gallery, Hingham 2003 (Solo)

Tishman Speyer, Boston 2001 (Solo) and 2003 (Group)

New England Impressions, Paintings from Life 1998
Major group invitational show of New England Plein Air Painters at Attleboro Museum

State Art 2001 (Group)

Arts Around Boston 1998 (regional juried show)

Oil Painters of America Eastern and Southern regional 1997

Essex Art Center third annual juried show

just about every juried show at North River Arts Society since 1996: