Diane Lachman
Orbit, 2022
Photograph printed on metal with protective surfacing
Edition 1/6
12" x 18"

Artist Statement

My photographic pandemic project began in March 2020, when we were sheltering at home. Looking through the lens of the camera inspired me to escape the reality and isolation of the pandemic. As I photograph the prisms, the refraction of light creates natural colors and reflections with the rays of the sun. Reflection is a property of light, but it is also time to question and examine my thoughts and surroundings. Changing my viewpoint completely changes what I see. In my studio, I noticed a shift in my perspective. While color and light remain my source of inspiration, I work with freedom and awareness in expressing personal emotions and reactions to world events through my art.

Artist Bio

Diane Lachman's inventive abstract paintings and photographs emphasize the expressive power of color. She studied at RISD and earned her BFA and MFA from the School of Design at University of Pennsylvania, where she taught Color Theory and Drawing from 1993 to 2014. Her work has been the subject of fourteen solo shows. In 2024, she had her second solo photography exhibit, "Kaleidoscope," at Muse Gallery in Philadelphia. Her vibrant photographs capture the refraction of natural light through prisms.

She is a member Muse Gallery and was the director from 2019 through 2022. Lachman's paintings are represented in numerous private and corporate collections including New York Presbyterian Hospital, The Student Center at Temple University, Park Towne Place in Philadelphia, and Lankenau Hospital.

@dianelachman

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