Diana is inspired by everchanging colour, light and dramatic scenery, presented by nature as well as nocturnal settings, often in the context of a suburban landscape. She reflects on the change of the emotive response of the viewer to the same places depending on the time of day, weather, one’s mood, imagination, narrative and personal experience. Diana records what she has seen and experienced, painting atmospheric, poetic scenes that evoked in her a sense of awe or which she felt had somewhat magical, almost transcendental qualities. She works mainly in oils, painting in a style that references Realism and Romanticism.
Diana Sandetskaya is a self-taught artist. In 2017 Diana has become a part of Studio Fridays – a group of artists working alongside each other in a studio in Whetstone. Since then, her work has been shown at solo and group exhibitions and art fairs in London and across the UK. More recently Sandetskaya’s work has been selected for a number of prestigious group exhibitions and open international competitions, most notably:
Wales Contemporary in 2022;
Women in Art Fair at the Mall Galleries and The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 2023;
the Royal Society of British Artists annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London in 2024.