The past decade has seen a steady rise in female artists, addressing women issues through artwork that speaks (primarily if not exclusively) to a female audience. Paris-based painter, Diane Dal-Pra, is such an artist, with paintings that showcase the bonds and friendships that women share.
“Women are very present in my work, sometimes in a group,” Dal-Pra said in an interview with It’s Nice That. “I like to try to make their shapes and their emotions communicate. Then, harmonies of colors guide me during the construction of my images.”
Using mainly acrylic, her style calls to mind artists like Picasso, Matisse, and Hockey but also Pontormo. “I don’t know if I can describe a signature visual language,” Dal-Pra admitted, “but most of the time, I’m trying to find the balance between realism and abstraction.”
With clients that include Gucci and Rus, she’s clearly doing something right.
