DIANA LANG HINKLE

"Diana Lang Hinkle's lush renderings of the female form are steeped in the extravagant colors of Southern California where she grew up. Hinkle fits neatly and exuberantly within the colorful rubric of California painting established by pioneers like Richard Diebenkorn, Wayne Thiebaud and David Hockney. Her bold and intuitive use of California's vernacular pallette--shades of lemon, lime, pink and blue--evoke the skies, fields and beaches reminiscent of her childhood.