"Waltz," 2020 a Large Abstract Blue, White & Black Collage by Diane Love

"Waltz," 2020 is a large unframed abstract blue, white and black mixed-media collage on heavy Arches paper from the series, "Musical Sheets." The calligraphic black elements dance around a large saturated blue form torn from recycled paper, the lilting blue shape dances on the white ground, This work can be paired with other works from the series, "Jazz," "Syncopation," "The Continental" and "Cha Cha" featured in on Amy Zook's website. Diane says of "Waltz," I love silhouetting large solid forms of textured paper against a stark white background and then gradually adding pieces of paper in other subtle colors. The torn paper combined with the thick ink reveals another texture at the edges and adds to the surface variety. To complete the work, as if riffing like a musician, I apply rhythmic brush strokes in black ink.

Diane has always felt that art has been her lifelong companion providing her with the freedom to express herself with a multitude of mediums and materials. For nearly two decades Diane Love's eponymous shop on Madison Avenue in Manhattan embraced the Scope of her creativity where she sold her home accessory and fashion creations which are still collected today. She soon established herself as a style icon in her own right with A-list tastemakers such as Jackie Onassis, Estée Lauder, Albert Hadley, Sister Parish, Mario Buatta and Valentino. Major department stores and companies such as Mikasa, Trifari and Saks Fifth Avenue licensed her wide ranging lifestyle and fashion products to distribute and Bloomingdale's housed its own Diane Love boutique. During the 1970s, Diane's spectacular floral arrangements caught the eye of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the New York City Opera who both hired her as a flower consultant while Macmillan, Inc, published her first book, "Flowers Are Fabulous For Decorating."

After Diane closed her shop in 1986 to pursue her passion in Fine Art, she has had 11 solo exhibitions of her paintings and photographs, and is currently represented by a prestigious gallery in New York. She authored, "YES/NO DESIGN," published by Rizzoli, New York and by Flammarion, in Paris. In her numerous pursuits, Fine Art, photography, writing, fashion, flower arranging, acting and as a cabaret singer, Diane Love is best described as a Renaissance woman.