Diane Voyentzie

02/09/2023

The many beautiful varieties of cardinals 😍

08/12/2019

The photo on the right is the New Gate., and the photo on the left is a portion of the painting. A close up version is just below these two. I uploaded the closeup portion first, and I don't know how to switch them.

08/12/2019

This is the New Gate., one of the eight gates in the walls of the old city of Jerusalem.

08/08/2019

This is The Golden Gate., which has been bricked up for hundreds of years. This is the gate that Jesus came into Jerusalem on a donkey on Palm Sunday.

08/07/2019

This is The New Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem; one of the eight gates to the city. It was built in 1889 and is the entry to the Christian quarter. This is the third in a series of the gates. I will make prints as well.

08/06/2019

08/05/2019

After visiting Israel this spring, I was inspired by the amazing landscape colors, and especially the old city of Jerusalem, with its crumbling walls, and its deep religious importance . It is the center of the three major religions of the world. The old city of Jerusalem is surrounded by walls, with eight gates. These gates have been there for centuries.
The Golden Gate has been bricked up for several hundred years. This is the eastern gate that leads to the Christian section, and is said to be the Gate which Jesus rode in to Jerusalem on a donkey on Palm Sunday. The eight gates of the old city of Jerusalem are what I have started as a series. I have four of them finished. The Golden Gate, The Jaffa Gate, The Zion Gate, and The Lions Gate. The paintings are all 24x30 inches on stretched canvas. The paintings are mixed media with heavy impasto paint, and charcoal, pencil, and acrylic, and oil washes. I plan to also make prints of these paintings. The prints will be on mat archival watercolor paper. This first painting is The Lions Gate.
The gate has two pairs of lions on either side of the gate.

07/23/2019

New painting

07/17/2019

These Paintings are available as 12x18 prints on archival mat paper. www.dianevoyentzie.com or contact me at [email protected]

03/31/2019

I have neglected my work since my dear husband passed away before Christmas, but today I worked on paper . Trying to feel just color.

03/27/2019

I have not been able to paint since Peter’ death before Christmas, but today I painted 27 color sketches or more with the same four colors. It loosened me up and I forgot about my grief for awhile. Here are a few slap dashes.😂