Artist Dianne Hickerson with her painting “Morning Glow.” Local artist Dianne Hickerson has three watercolor paintings included in two recently published art books.
In Splash 13: The Best of Watercolor her still life “Tea and Roses” appears as one of the “real solutions and alternative approaches for other artists,” said Editor Rachel Rubin Wolf of North Light Books. Hickerson’s painting is one of “115 of today’s masters of the medium,” the editor states, calling the book a “showcase for artists and art-lovers alike.”
Two other paintings by Hickerson appear in The Artistic Touch 5: Watercolor painting techniques and inspiration from more than 100 artists, (Chris Unwin, editor, North Light Books). In selecting a painting, the editor’s stated criteria included: Does it make you think, laugh, take your break away, or remind you of a treasured memory? Does it show skill and competence in handling the material used? In this book Hickerson’s painting “Don’t Walk” shows a street scene at New York’s Time Square on a rainy day. Her other included work is “Morning Glow.” All three paintings appear in the artist’s web site www.diannehickerson.com.
Hickerson, a town of Sweden resident, taught third and fourth grades at Brockport Central School for 33 years. She retired in 1997 and pursued watercolor painting. Over the years her work has appeared in major exhibitions around the U.S. and Canada, and in books and magazines. She is currently pursuing oil painting, recently attending a workshop in California and scheduled for workshops in Texas and in France in the near future.
