Journey: the paintings of Diane Nevitt

This new publication is the first complete survey of the artist's abstract work. In an era when derivative art is prevalent, Diane Nevitt’s paintings stand out for their sensitivity, skill and originality. Working with no preconceived idea of how the finished painting should be, she responds subconsciously with the colour, shapes and marks she uses to a mood or feeling connected to her experience of events and places. The inspiration for her recent work is curiously idiosyncratic: the dramatic shoreline of Lake Garda; an installation of strange animal sculptures accompanied by Michael Galasso’s haunting music; a train journey through the Dolomites to the old spa town of Merano; the orange groves of rural Mallorca. However, no matter what the subject matter, it is always Diane Nevitt’s poetic colour sense and unique vision that remain foremost.