Biography, About the Artist Personal Background History of Color Pencil Artist Diane Hoeptner, Cleveland, Ohio

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Diane Hoeptner (pronounced hep-ner) is a former 17 year resident of Los Angeles who now enjoys the changing seasons "back home" in beautiful Northeast Ohio. She lives with her husband Mike and three cats, Coco, Layla & Winnie.

Diane has held a few art-related jobs (understatement.) During employment as the assistant to the president of a fine art publishing company in the late 80's, she became acquainted with many successful fine artists, many of whom she greatly admired. She acquired the glimmer of an idea that she too might make a living making art.

Upon acquiring a BA in Studio Arts from Cal State, Northridge, she enjoyed several years as a digital animator for video games and the film industry.

Teaching art at East LA community college and serving as Special Events Coordinator for the Culver City ART group reinforced her natural tendency to share and promote traditional arts on a community level. Work-study trips abroad to Japan, Peru and touring Europe (including the Louvre) have been influential to her path.

Her first year of fulltime painting resulted in numerous regional awards. Rinehart Fine Arts published four of her floral paintings as posters. Editions Limited later published two more.

Word of mouth and online publications have culminated in a consistent influx of portrait commissions. She placed first in the Fine Arts Institute of San Bernardino County Museum’s 37th Open National Exhibition.

Publications featuring Diane’s work include the SAKS Fifth Avenue folio catalogue, the cover of Westside Life Magazine and others. Generous donations of her portrait service have helped raise funds for the American Heart Association, the International Bird Rescue and Research Center of San Pedro, CA and more recently for the Geauga County Humane Society in Ohio.

Signing giclees of "WaterLilly" for SAKS Fifth Ave Folio