Diana Croft
Diana Croft is a printmaker, painter and stained glass artist based in Dorking, Surrey.
She originally trained in illustration at Brighton University in the 1980s and then worked in London, teaching printmaking and editioning complicated multi-plate etchings and collagraphs for the printmaker Brenda Hartill.
Diana moved to Dorking shortly before the turn of the millennium, returning to life in the country - she grew up in the seaside town of Whitstable, overlooking farmland.
She draws much of her inspiration from the local environment of the Surrey Hills and the South Downs and has produced a series of stylised linocuts and collagraph prints based on these distinctive landscapes.
Diana has travelled extensively over the years, particularly in Southeast Asia, and lived for a year in Borneo. These experiences have greatly influenced her work, especially in her use of vibrant colour, texture and pattern.
In 2015 and 2019, she was shortlisted for the Surrey Artist of the Year, and in 2018 she was delighted to have a solo exhibition at the Watts Contemporary Gallery.
Exhibitions include:
- The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea
- PrintFest, Ulverston
- ArtFest North
- The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
- The Oxo Gallery
- The National Theatre
- The Watts Gallery, Surrey, solo exhibition