Diane Phalen Assortment “Country Quilts” #90715

Diane Phalen “Country Quilts” Greeting Cards Assortment – 20 Cards, 22 Envelopes

Artist: Diane Phalen

20 Cards:

• • 5 – Birthday

  • 10 – Blank

  • 2 – Friendship

  • 1 – Get Well

  • 1 – Miss You

  • 1 – Thank You

Designs:

Hole in the Barn Door

Spring Dance

Sisters Sampler

Amish Neighbors

Grandma’s Treasures

Quilts for Sale

Under the Fuchsia

Spring Awakening

Front Porch Quilts

Hearts Flowers

Assortment #AST90715

*Diane Phalen likes to say “I quilt with my paintbrush.” Diane is not an actual quilter but has made hundreds of quilts – not with needle and thread – but with paintbrushes, watercolor paint, and paper. Having always loved to draw and paint, Diane spends a lot of time in nature observing the changing seasons, flowers, birds, and wildlife and committing them to canvas.

She always loved seeing quilts and saw a lot of them hanging outside airing in the breeze in her home state of Pennsylvania. She decided to add a quilt within one of her paintings-inspired by a country store setting in Stony Run, Pennsylvania. There weren’t any quilts hanging outside the store but Diane could picture it as if there were. She went on to paint that country store complete with quilts just as she imagined and that was the start of something uniquely her own.

As a young woman in her twenties, Diane moved to California and eventually Oregon. There, some of her paintings reflected the beautiful rugged landscape, with quilts hanging in front of log cabins instead of white Amish farmhouse,s and mountains in the distance instead of pastoral meadows and rolling hills. The feelings they evoked were still the same peace, harmony and a reverence for nature.

Diane’s studio is once again located in Pennsylvania, so that she could be closer to her parents and family. Diane loves once again painting the familiar covered bridges, barns, Amish countryside and changing seasons, that first inspired her to pick up the brush.

Diane hopes to convey the emotion she sees in nature and the beauty of quilts with their colors and patterns. Each painting takes many long hours, even as long as up to two months to complete. Though her main medium is watercolor, through the years Diane has experimented with some acrylic paints, ink, and watercolor pencils – anything to achieve the desired effects. Diane’s unique technique includes applying layer upon layer of watercolor to achieve deep, textured hues. For a special effect, she even adds tiny stitches to the quilts with her paintbrush!

Made in the USA; Cards printed on recycled paper.