Instructor: Diana Toma
Day: Wednesday
Dates: January 15 – February 12, 2025
Time: 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Cost: $225/245
Fall in love with painting freely while learning techniques tips along the way. A demo will be performed at the beginning of each session, and individual guidance given as you progress with your work. We will complete a new painting in class each week. This class is an excellent opportunity to release creative blockage. All levels are welcome, but a basic understanding of the medium is helpful.
about me
Hi! I’m Diana and I see the Arts as an opportunity to touch, move, and inspire others. I am mostly interested in exploring the emotional aspect of what I observe around me, using classic mediums like watercolors, and oils but also contemporary ones such as spray paints and acrylics. When looking at my paintings ask yourself these questions: if you could imagine yourself within the artwork, what sounds would you hear? How would you feel? What would you be?
My whole life gravitates around creating art. I am fascinated with unassuming moments and am on a quest to capture them, whether they are portraits of people, places, or instances. Painting is an opportunity to witness and capture the uniqueness of being: a quick fluttering in time at the juncture of attention and intent. When observing wholeheartedly, I experience a sense of communion with my subject’s essence. My paintings are glimpses of such extraOrdinary moments, created to bring about a sense of wonder and engage the viewer at an emotional level.
Alongside my studio work, I’ve been bringing together a growing community of art lovers by teaching painting classes and workshops to adults. My goal as a teacher is to facilitate participants to silence their critical inner voice and uncover beautiful images of the self by surrendering to play to they can become fully self-expressed through painting.
Meet Diana Toma
bio
Holding a Master’s Degree in Fine Arts from the prestigious Romanian University of Art and Design in Cluj-Napoca, Diana Toma has been engaging with the art community since 1995 showcasing her work in over a hundred international group exhibitions and twelve solo art shows. Diana is often invited to judge and jury art shows and to speak on behalf of the working artist on open panels, such as at The Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, and at The Contemporary Museum in Atlanta, Georgia. Between 1995 and now Diana won an array of awards locally as well as on an international level Her artworks have been showcased in art magazines, and billboards, and acquired by corporations to be displayed in public spaces. Diana is the national show chair for the Georgia Watercolor Society and the former IWS USA branch representative of the International Watercolor Society. Diana also teaches painting classes for adults in the Atlanta area and at art centers within the US and abroad. Her teaching approach focuses on fast, free-flowing painting release.