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Christine Diehlmann has a B.A. degree in Fine Arts from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland in Baltimore, MD and a B.A. in English and Education from the College of New Rochelle in New Rochelle, NY. She is a Professional Member of the International Society of Marine Painters, an Active (juried) member of the Federation of Canadian Artists, a juried member of Oil Painters of America, a member of the Coast Guard Art Program which is juried by the Salmagundi Club in New York and a member and Board Member of the American Society of Marine Artists. Christine writes a regular column, Christine’s Deck Log, in the ASMA Newsletter. Christine was juried into the Coos Art Museum’s 12th Annual Maritime Art Exhibit in Coos Bay, OR from July through September ‘05 and invited to show seven of her large “Marine Abstract” paintings in the group exhibition “h2art”at the Carroll Arts Center in Westminster, MD from April 10 thru June 10, ’05. She was juried into the ISMP’s ’05 “Inland Exposure” show in Paris, TN. In ‘04, Christine was juried into the American Society of Marine Artists’ 13th National Exhibition at Vero Beach Museum of Art in FL, the Coos Art Museum’s 11th Annual Maritime Art Exhibit and the “Abstraction” show of the Federation of Canadian Artists. She was also juried into the College of New Rochelle’s 100th Anniversary Alumnae/i Art Exhibit”. She has been juried into the International Society of Marine Painters National show in 2000 in Longboat Key, FL and Internet shows in ‘01,’02,’03, ‘04 and ‘05. One of her paintings is in the ASMA 2004/2005 web site Merit Gallery and two in the Member’s Gallery. Her solo show at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, December ‘02 thru February ‘03 was preceded by a solo show in July and August ‘02 at the Blue Parrot under the auspices of America's Arts Gallery in Gettysburg, PA. She has recently been juried into the American Society of Marine Artists Regional in Hagerstown, MD, the National Oil and Acrylic Painters National Show in Osage Beach, MO and Oil Painters of America's Regional in Cohasset, MA as well as several local juried shows including the70th and 71st Cumberland Valley Artists Exhibition’s at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown, MD. One of her paintings was featured in the College of New Rochelle’s spring 2003 "Quarterly" magazine. Christine is represented by the Atelier Gallery in Sarasota FL, America's Arts Gallery in Gettysburg, PA, Pauline’s Place, Easton, MD, the Federation of Canadian Artists Gallery in Vancouver, B.C., the Maryland Federation of Art in Annapolis, MD, the Rehoboth Art League in Rehoboth Beach, DE and the Kent Island Federation of Art in Stevensville, MD. Her work is in the permanent collection of the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, NY, the U .S. Coast Guard and the College of Notre Dame of Maryland as well as corporate and private collections. She has her own web site, www.cdiehlmannmarineart.com and eleven editions of Qoro Prints. Christine is a nationally known marine photographer who has recorded one hundred and four schooners and many international tall ships while photographing the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race™ for the past eleven years. One of her photographs was the first and only photograph to be on the cover of the St. Michaels Maritime Arts Festival artist’s brochure. Christine collaborates with ASMA artist Ed Dyson to create acrylic schooner portraits under the copyright of Diehlmann/Dyson. In 2005, Diehlmann/Dyson was juried into the ISMP’s '05 “Inland Exposure” show and into the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society’s National Exhibition in Osage, MO. Diehlmann/Dyson paintings are on the ISMP’s Internet Exhibition. D/D are members of the ISMP, NOAPS, the Academy Art Museum in Easton, MD and the Rehoboth Art League in Rehoboth Beach, DE.
ARTIST STATEMENT My approach to impasto palette knife oil painting evokes the essence of the artistic image with a painterly style. Using vibrant color and nature's inspiration, my paintings come alive with the movement of wave and wind, the excitement of sunset skies and waterfront landscape. All of my paintings contain a marine theme whether they are "marine abstract” or marine landscape. My emphasis is on color and on the paint itself as well as on the images of the sea. Major influences on my work are Monet, Bonnard, Matisse and the Fauvist painters, Winslow Homer and the color field paintings of Rothko and Stills. I try to convey their sense of artistic freedom and use of color in my paintings. I mix my paint on the canvas itself letting the primary colors dominate in a low relief effect. While I maintain a representational focus, my large moving sea images, painted with a palette knife become abstract as I focus on only a small portion of the sea to fill my canvas.
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