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American commission artist / painter Diane Jorstad welcome's you to her web site. Would you like to commission a painting or commission a portrait, custom hand painted from your photo photograph to a painting? Or are you interested in purchasing an original fine art oil painting? Diane is an experienced professional portrait artist. Her portraiture art include: People / family portraits: includes children’s portraiture and adult portraits of all ages. Children's and adult portrait art samples include head and shoulders and full body artwork. Mediums used are oil paintings on stretched canvas and canvas panel or the mixed media of colored pencil and pastel on paper or illustration board. Animal pet portraits: as a pet portrait artist Jorstad’s artwork includes all animals, but most people want a pet portrait painting of their family dog or cat from their favorite photo/ photograph. Mediums include oil and mixed media of colored pencil and watercolor. Home house church portrait: commission a custom painting of your house from your photo / photograph to an original oil painting. Or purchase / buy an original oil painting. Available for sale in freelance artist Diane Jorstad’s gallery of art are beautiful fine art of still life (traditional, realistic) oil paintings on canvas, landscape scenic and floral flower original oil paintings on canvas. Also available are colored pencil artwork in a variety of illustration art including animal art. Diane's artwork has been selling since 1987 at a variety of regional retail fine art galleries, shops, restaurants, as well as from her working art studio. Samples of art commission / commissioned art are on her website: www.dianejorstad.com
Biography:
As a native of Western Pennsylvania, Diane Jorstad currently lives in Butler County, one hour North of Pittsburgh. It was moving from the Pittsburgh area, where Jorstad worked as a Registered Nurse, to the beautiful farm county area of Butler, that stimulated her to pursue her interest in art, painting her garden flowers and countryside landscapes. After taking local college art classes, Jorstad found herself winning Best of Show awards and other prestigious awards in the Western Pennsylvania area art shows, prompting requests from local stores, wanting to sell her artwork in their stores.
A few of the many galleries where Jorstad has sold artwork are Blackwood Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Art 3 Gallery, Manchester, New Hampshire, Laurel Tree and Associated Artists of Butler County Gallery, Butler, Pennsylvania, and From the Heart, Somerset, Pennsylvania. She has been hired by Butler Community College and Lenape Vocation Technical School to teach Adult Education Art Classes.
Jorstad’s many commission sales have enabled her to paint a variety of subject matter and use different mediums. She has painted custom portraits of children, adults, homes and the family pet portrait for private clients. Her gallery art includes landscape, floral and still life artwork medium oil paintings, as well as colored pencil artworks. The attention to detail and the traditional realistic approach to her artwork is what gives freelance artist Jorstad's art it's fine art beauty.
