Diane's latest piece "Looking up" - inspired by nova's photos

Originally inspired by long-exposure photography, Diane became fascinated by the way a camera could reveal things that often went unnoticed. Streetlights reflected across wet pavements, fairy lights transformed ordinary cafés into something magical, and traffic trails turned familiar roads into ribbons of colour. As her photography evolved, she began experimenting with fireworks, star trails and the night sky, discovering how light could completely transform the places we thought we knew.

Diane is a two-time People's Choice Award winner, receiving The British Art Prize in 2024 and the SAA Artists of the Year award in 2025. Her painting The Train of Lights was selected as the cover artwork for Hawkwind's album Psychedelic Selections, and in 2026 she created 'Celestial Beacon', a lighthouse sculpture featuring hand-painted constellations for St Luke's Guiding Lights trail in Plymouth (which also glows under a UV torch)! Her work has also been featured in publications including Artists & Illustrators, The Artist, Paint & Create, Astronomy Now and DRIFT.

• 2026 - Shortlisted, SAA Artists of the Year
• 2026 - Shortlisted, Football Art Prize
• 2026 - Shortlisted, Hisense x VIDAA Art Competition
• 2025 - The People's Choice Award Winner, SAA Artists of the Year
• 2024 - The People's Choice Award Winner, The British Art Prize
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• 2026 – Artist Feature, Astronomy Now
• 2026 – Artist Feature, DRIFT Journal
• 2026 – Album Cover Artwork, Hawkwind (Psychedelic Selection)
• 2026 – Artist Feature, Admiral News (Luxury Leisure)
• 2025 – Front Cover Feature, SAA Paint & Create
• 2025 – Artist Features, Artists & Illustrators (Winning Ways, We Present, The People's Choice Award)
• 2024 – Gallery Artists Feature, Leisure Painter

• 2026 – Front Cover & Article, The Artist
• 2026 – Artist Tutorial, Artists & Illustrators

• 2026 - Cornwall Rewind Radio 'The Big Breakfast'
• 2025 - BBC Cornwall Radio LIVE with Julie Skentelbery, Radio Newquay, Cornwall Rewind Radio
• 2024 - BBC Cornwall Radio BBC Upload with Daniel Pascoe, Radio Newquay, Cornwall Rewind Radio

• 2025 - Tag Out of Office, Soho London

• 2026/7 - Football Art Prize, National Football Museum Manchester
• 2026 - 7-21 Sept - Trerice House
• 2026 - Trenance Cottages, Newquay
• 2026 - Football Art Prize, Millennium Gallery Sheffield
• 2026 - Truro Cathedral
• 2025 - St Ives Society of Artists Spring and Christmas Open
• 2025 - Porthleven Harbour Art Prize
• 2025 - The Poly Members’ Exhibition and The Spring Open, Falmouth
• 2025 - The Blisland Institute Gallery Easter Exhibition
• 2025 - Summer Smalls Teyr Fine Art, Bude
• 2025 - Newquay Society of Artist Trenance Cottages, Newquay
• 2024 - The British Art Prize, OXO Tower, London
• 2023 - Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro
• 2021 - King House Gallery, Stratford-Upon-Avon
• 2021 - Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum, Lichfield

• 2026 - 21-25 July - The Poly Secret Postcard Exhibition
• 2026 - Winner, Newquay BID Door Mural Trail
• 2026 - Artist, St Luke's Guiding Lights art trail and auction, Plymouth
• 2025 - Cornwall Hospice belly board 'Where Art Meets the Wave' auction
• 2025 - Anonymous Postcard Art Auction at St Day and Carharrack Primary School in Redruth
• 2024 - Cornwall Community Foundation sponsored baubles by Lillicrap Chilcott for the Cornwall Christmas Fair at The Eden Project
• 2022 - Cornwall Hospice milk churn 'Around Cornwall in 38 Churns', purchased by The Headland Hotel
• 2022 - Bude Sea Pool Art 'Spot the Artist' Postcard