Diane Holland is a graduate of San Francisco State University. Although her paintings are primarily oil on canvas, she uses many different media and has been known to spontaneously use whatever materials happen to be present. The canvas, or whatever surface she decides to use, becomes an exploration for a mood, a vision or an idea. When she paints an abstract, it is rarely thought out. Her goal is to dramatically exert strength, spirituality, liveliness and beauty to defy what she depicts as the dark side of life. At times she is inspired by her environment, an incident, a person, a place. At other times she is completely absorbed in studying other works of art including those of masters such as Picasso, Chagall and Monet. Her paintings are a culmination of an undefined process used to create the ultimate effect. She has exhibited her work at numerous galleries in San Francisco and London as well as in a collection in Los Angeles and a private museum in New York. She is also represented by San Francisco ArtWork.