Diane Rappisi Fine Art Studio

Diane Rappisi is a contemporary realist painter whose work fuses the light and chroma of the Cape Cod colorists with the form and structure of the traditional Italian and French academies. She works in oil, pastel, charcoal, and graphite.

 

Diane is a member of the Salmagundi Club in New York, NY, and the Academic Artists Association in Springfield, MA. Her work resides in numerous private and public collections across the country, and selected pieces have been published for the National Park Service in Glen Echo, MD. Diane's recent exhibitions include the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Club's 115^th Annual Open at the National Arts Club in New York, NY,  the Academic Artists Association's 61st National in Springfield, MA (Honor Award), and the Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists'  "Faces of Spring" in Old Lyme, CT (1^ST Place award).

 

Diane trained in Philadelphia, PA, in the full-time Professional Program at the innovative Studio Incamminati founded by renowned artist Nelson Shanks. There she deepened her understanding of color, form and anatomy, and discovered her innate love of figure painting.  In 2008 she relocated to Massachusetts from southern New Jersey, where she painted, taught, and founded two local arts organizations. Presently Diane teaches Figure Drawing at the North River Arts Association in Marshfield Hills, MA, and maintains a private studio in New Bedford, MA.

 

 

Selected Exhibitions

2011 & 2010      Academic Artists Association Annual National Exhibition, Springfield, MA  
                (* 2011 Honor Award, 2010 Academic Artists Award)

 

2011 & 2010     Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Annual Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York, NY

 

2011     American Landscape Exhibtion, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 

2011      Nude, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

 

2011      "Variations on a Theme: Pastels," Marion Art Center, Marion, MA

 

2011       "First Impressions," Solo exhibition, Dolphin Gallery, Hingham, MA

 

2010      All  New England Exhibition, Cape Cod Art Association, Barnstable, MA

 

2010      "Instructors of North River Arts Association," Ventress Gallery, Marshfield, MA

 

2010      Salmagundi Club Annual Nonmember Photo & Graphics Exhibition, New York, NY

 

2010      99^th Annual Exhibition, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Mystic, CT

 

2010      North River Arts Society Annual Members Show, Marshfield, MA  (*Best in Show)

 

2009      Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists "Faces of Spring" Annual Juried Exhibition, Old Lyme, CT
                 (*First Place)

 

2009      "The Artists of Studio Incamminati,"  Bucks Gallery of Fine Art, Newtown, PA

 

2009      "Merci Beaucoup for Two,"  Two-person show,  Medford Arts Center, Medford NJ

 

2009      North River Arts Society Annual Festival, Marshfield, MA  (*First Place, Drawing)

 

2008      "A Celebration of Fine Art," Doylestown Country Club, Doylestown, PA

 

2008      "The British Are Coming," The Union League, Philadelphia, PA

 

2007      Red Cross of New Jersey Benefit Auction, Princeton, NJ

 

2007      Paint Our Town Challenge, Township of Medford, Medford, NJ (*First Place)