The Artistic Journey of Diane Best
Born in Boston, Diane Best headed west to study at Stanford University and the San Francisco Art Institute. After a decade in the Bay Area, she moved to Los Angeles to work as a commercial artist for the entertainment industry. In 1995, Diane relocated to Joshua Tree, where she continued freelancing for Los Angeles animation studios while shifting her focus to capturing the intense drama of the desert landscape. Her work has been featured in solo and group exhibits across the country, including the Carnegie Museum and the Southwest Museum. Diane's moving image work has been shown at film festivals, the Exploratorium in San Francisco, and in music videos. She has taught drawing workshops for the Desert Institute in Joshua Tree National Park and has been profiled in various publications. Diane's art strives to update landscape painting and filmmaking, influenced by deep ecology, photography, cinema, digital imaging, and animation.
