Diane Gelman Studio
Mixed media - acrylic with collage, soft sculpture, paintings
The Silos at Sawyer Yards
Studio 119
(713) 819-6377
dianegelmanart@gmail.com
I am a mixed media artist, layering together images, designs, and fantasy. My artworks showcase nature, interesting people, and most especially, exciting food. I formerly had a long career in Food, transitioning to becoming an artist, and now specialize in hyper-realistic Food-based Paintings and Sculptures.
My paintings often includes a 3 dimensional aspect. The majority of the piece is attached to the canvas and yet, appears to be popping off of the picture plane. I often create bakery displays portraying exciting looking baked goods, with real looking glass shelves, and then cover them with resin. These 3-D food-centric artworks are whimsical, fun, and combine my skills of painting and pastry decoration. I have invented my own special techniques for making my painted and collaged faux food look almost real, so that the viewer is actually tempted to reach for a delicious looking Black Forest Torte, a glittery sugar cookie, or a leafy bunch of kale.
I create exciting large scale sculptures out of cast-off materials. I like to repurpose styrofoam used for shipping fragile items (and fortunately have a friend who shares styrofoam from her business.) I turn this castoff material into all sorts of exciting giant foods. I have repurposed tables and various other things into all kinds of exciting artworks.
I start with an idea and let the piece evolve organically from inspiration to full-blown creation. My paintings are improvisations on realistic images fused onto fanciful and imaginative themes. I use additive and reductive processes in creating work, removing or carving into them, to find the hidden story underneath each painting.
