1.Chalcosoma Atlas - Triptych 3 panel screens (48”x 72”) Traditional Barn paint, Acrylic and medium on furniture birch wood
The Zapadora presents -
"Coleoptera - The Romance of Insect Life"
Screen paintings by Dianne Heidke
Opening at the Boquete Library, Friday March 7, 4-7 PM.
Some years ago the Museum of Natural History in New York, USA did a show featuring the Victorian obsession with collection and taxonomy. It invited artists living in NYC at the time to come up with their take on this rather singular and fascinating activity. Heidke's work was chosen for exhibit and received widespread acclaim.
These large, complex paintings have been seen in various exhibits, since that time, but have been hidden away for the past decade. Now, for the first time in Central America, they are coming out of hibernation.
Who IS Dianne Heidke?? For those enquiring minds:
Bio of a Shameless Adventurer!
Born on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Dianne Heidke spent her early years in Asia (Malaysia and Singapore) riding bicycles at break-neck pace through the jungles and breaking into creepy Chinese mansions to view the décor.Back in Australia, she won an art prize in Grade 12 and decided to attend art school. Her parents snorted and said "Artists don't make any money!"(If only she'd listened!!) She then entered Law School and trained as a plant wrangler on the side. She also kept painting. Mid-university, however,she ran away to New Zealand, where she won awards at a Christchurch apricot canning factory for the imaginative use of pits (seeds).
Eventually she found her way to Europe and subsequently to the USA. She won a Scholarship to attend The Art Student's League of New York and there painted furiously and happily. At the same time, she worked again for ferocious corporate attorneys in NY, famously representing the Kit Kat Club. (Now THAT was interesting). Wading further into the art world, she designed sets for various odd films and theater pieces, both in the USA and the UK.
In the late 90'she obtained a pilot's license and became the first pilot with multi -colored hair on Long Island. She was then banished for bad behaviour to Italy and studied Italian at The University per Stranieri in Perugia. Around this same time, she also explored India and Nepal, trekking the Annapurna Circuit with her aging mother. She nobly refused all offers of cash from other family members to push said mother off the high passes. She says it wasn't always an easy decision.
In 2005, feeling that NY was too confining,Dianne moved to Panama where she lives the quiet life of a failed opera star and running several businesses, including The Zapadora, where she assumes her alter-ego as The Supreme Ruler.
Now, for the first time, Heidke presents to Panama yet another facet of her multi-faceted and sparkling personality: Award winning international artist.
Don't miss this acclaimed show!
Opening Friday, March 7 at the Boquete Library.
Wine and hors d'oeuvres. 4 – 7 PM.
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