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DIANNA LEE WOODGRAIN ARTIST

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Artywood - Woodgrain art

Woodgrain artist, Dianna Lee, starts her subject matter by viewing the woodgrain in her bespoke oak panels.
Dianna is able to see a landscape forming within the grain or water ripples. (Spring at Lathkill Dale) 
If the grain doesn't lend to either of these concepts, Dianna uses the woodgrain for effects. Whether it is used as a background (Meadows) or sanding-out (Passionflower Vine)

Woodgrain Art 'Artywood': Welcome
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AUTUMN ICE

Original available

Size: 16 x 16 x 0.8 in

Painted and sealed onto an oak panel with the Maple leaf as bare wood. 

Inspired by leaves caught and set in ice.

Painted on to an oak panel with 1.2cm wide oak frame flush to painting.

Available to order in Giclee prints and gift cards.

WINTER FALL

Original available.

Size: 23.5 H x 12 W x 0.8 in

Painting: Ink and Oil on Wood.

Inspired by the beauty of wood this painting is of an autumn to winter fall with the natural wood as the background.

Painted on to an oak panel with 1.2cm wide oak frame flush to painting.

Available to order in Giclee prints and gift cards.

FIRST FROST HIPS

Original available

Size: 16 x 16 x 0.8 in

Painted onto an oak panel using the texture of the wood to enhance the image in the painting.

The grain gives to a rustic and frosty effect.

Painted on to an oak panel with 1.2cm wide oak frame flush to painting.

Available to order in Giclee prints and gift cards.

Woodgrain Art 'Artywood': Projects
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PASSION FLOWER VINE

Original sold.
Painted onto oak. The wood was stained and then finely sanded out for an abstract shadow of the vine. Painted in oils.
Available in a Giclee print to order and cards.

WOODLAND MEADOW

Original sold.

The first meadow painting by Dianna Lee depicting an English meadow with the natural wood as a background.

Available to order, Giclee print and gift cards.

MEADOW WOOD

Original sold.
Painting: Ink and Oil on Wood.
Inspired by the beauty of wood this painting is of a summer meadow with the natural wood as the background depicting a tree trunk.
Available to order in Giclee prints and gift cards.

Woodgrain Art 'Artywood': Projects
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THISTLE WOOD

Original available.
Size: 20 H x 20 W x 0.8 in
Painting: Oil and Ink on Wood.
'Thistle Wood', a popular concept, is the fifth meadow painted by Dianna Lee painted onto an oak panel.
Dianna's inspiration came from meadows in Derbyshire.
Painted on to an oak panel with 1.2cm wide oak frame flush to painting making it ready to be hung. Can be framed at a later date.
Also available to order in Giclee prints and gift cards.

PURPLE MEADOW HAZE

Original Sold.

Similar to Summer Haze.

Available to order in Giclee prints and gift cards.

SUMMER HAZE

Original available.
Size: 20 H x 20 W x 0.8 in
Painting: Oil and Ink on Wood.
Wild flowers on the edge of a grass meadow. 
This painting is inspired by Dianna Lee's childhood growing up in the Derbyshire Dales. Painted onto an oak panel with a flush frame (1") in oak.
Also available to order in Giclee prints and gift cards.

Woodgrain Art 'Artywood': Projects
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TRANQUILITY AT CORBAR WOOD

Original sold.

Painted and sold at Buxton Spa prize.

The woodgrain can just be seen within the painting. The trees and bench have been built up with filler so as to not retain the woodgrain giving way to more depth.

Available in Giclee prints to order and gift cards.

FOREVER POPPIES

Original available.

Size: 24 H x 24 W x 0.8 in

Painting: Oil and Ink on Wood.

Like so many I was motivated to paint poppies to remember those who perished during the first world war, I was inspired by a personnel family loss in December 1915.

'Forever Poppies is a symbolic painting in memory of a relation - Ernest Crisp, serving with the 15th battalion, Royal Warwickshire regiment. He was fatally wounded on the edge of Maricourt Wood, Somme in France and died later in the night in a field hospital barely a month after been posted to France.

'Forever Poppies' represents the poppies for the thousands killed during the war, and that we must not forget. The oak branch in the foreground shows the edge of a wood, oak representing strength and courage of the British army. The acorns ( which are not around at the same time as poppies) and the sunset represents a new life for future generations that men and women during the war gave their lives too.


This is an oak panel painting using the grain of the wood to form the landscape.

Also available to order in Giclee prints and gift cards.

PARK WOOD

Original sold.

This painting of an imaginary place shows the woodgrain clearly in the contours of the land. It is also used to enhance the backdrop and trees.

Available to order in a print and gift cards.

Woodgrain Art 'Artywood': Projects
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CORBAR CROSS, DERBYSHIRE

Original available.
Size: 16 H x 16 W x 0.8 in
Painting: Ink and Oil on Wood.
Inspired by the beauty of wood this painting is of a from Corbar Cross in Buxton, Derbyshire, England painted in the open air.
Painted on to an oak panel with 1.2cm wide oak frame flush to painting. 
The wood grain works the land throughout the painting including the sky.
This painting also has an additional frame making the painting 18'' x 18"
The oak panel is specially treated and sealed after painting to withstand movement associated with natural products.
Also available to order in Giclee prints and gift cards.

RIVER WYE, DERBYSHIRE

Original available.
Size: 14 H x 27.5 W x 0.8 in
Painting: Ink and Oil on Wood.
Painted in the open air in Buxton, Derbyshire, England was this almost secret view of the River Wye in between houses on a bridge, Burlington Road. A tranquil setting in a town where everything slows down. The sky and water is wood stained whilst the foliage etc is painted.
Framed in a distressed frame giving a total size of 17" x 31”
Also available to order in Giclee prints and gift cards.

SPRING AT LATHKILL DALE

Original sold.

This is another song woodgrain painting showing the grain in the contours of the land and in the spring water.

Available in Giclee print and gift cards.

Woodgrain Art 'Artywood': Projects
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GATWAY TO SOLOMAN'S TEMPLE.

Original available.
Size: 20 H x 20 W x 0.8 in
Painted for Buxton Spa Prize. Showing the woodgrain in the contours of the land and the cloud formation in the sky.
The temple is wood filled so as to not distract from the main painting. The gate posts are built up for the same reason and to gain further depth.
Also available in Giclee prints to order and gift cards.

MANDARIN WOOD FLIGHT

Original available.
13.8 H x 27.5 W x 0.8 in
Painting: Ink and Oil on Wood.
Inspired by the beauty of wood this painting is of a Mandarin taking off in flight. The natural wood grain is stained to depict the water. 
Painted onto an oak panel with 1.2cm wide oak frame flush to painting. 
The oak panel is specially treated and sealed after painting to withstand movement associated with natural products.Also available to order in Giclee prints and gift cards.

POACHED EGG CHAMBER

Original available.

Painted in situ within Poole's Cavan Buxton. Some of the woodgrain has been used in the water and ceiling too the cavern.

The caves rocky sides have been built up.  

Also available in Giclee prints to order and gift cards.

Woodgrain Art 'Artywood': Projects
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SWANS LILY WOOD

Original available.
Size: 23.5 H x 23.5 W x 0.8 in
Inspired by the beauty of wood this painting is of three swans on water with Lillies in foreground.
Some of the natural wood grain is stained to depict the water. 
Painted onto an oak panel with 1.2cm wide oak frame flush to painting. 
The oak panel is specially treated and sealed after painting to withstand movement associated with natural products.
Also available to order in Giclee prints and gift cards.

MANDARIN POOL

Original available
Size: 14 H x 31.5 W x 0.8 in
Painting: Ink and Oil on Wood.
Inspired by the beauty of wood this painting is of two male Mandarins and a female on water. The natural wood grain is stained to depict the water. 
Painted onto an oak panel with 1.2cm wide oak frame flush to painting. 
The oak panel is specially treated and sealed after painting to withstand movement associated with natural products.
Also available to order in Giclee prints and gift cards.

SWAN WOOD

Original available.
Size: 19.8 H x 19.8 W x 0.8 in
Inspired by the beauty of wood this painting is of a swan on water.
Some of the natural wood grain is stained to depict the water. 
Painted onto an oak panel with 1.2cm wide oak frame flush to painting. 
The oak panel is specially treated and sealed after painting to withstand movement associated with natural products.
Also available to order in Giclee prints and gift cards.

To learn more about my artistic journey, as a local artist in Derbyshire, please inquire below.

Woodgrain Art 'Artywood': Projects
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