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Lake is a painting by Diana Kohne. More than half the painting (the lower half) is concrete. From the bottom up we see the yellow traffic division line on the asphalt, the white lane lines, the red do not park curb, the sidewalk where a woman in a blue shirt and black pants and sneakers holds a blue umbrella to shield herself from the sun. She stands next to the bus stop pole. Beyond the sidewalk is the parking lot and then the bright yellow and orange building with the black windows. The parking lot extends along the sides of the building and in te background we see a long light yellow building, the blue sky, with 6 palm trees, all left leaning and different heights.
Lake, 11″ x 18.5″, acrylic gouache on wood, 2025
Hyperion Los Angeles landscape painting shows white building with blue and red accents and sign "instant alterations" with asphalt street, sidewalk and parking lot in the foreground. To the right is a Do Not Enter street sign on a light pole, and a garbage can. Electrical wires come off the building and extend to the edge of the surface.
Hyperion, 16″ x 13″, acrylic gouache on wood, 2024
San Fernando Sun Valley Los Angeles painting shows blue garbage truck on the other side of an intersection, behind two telephone poles with 1 story white building, power lines and cel phone tower palm tree in the background.
San Fernando – Sun Valley, 11″ x 14″, acrylic gouache on wood, 2024
yellow building with lions on top
Figueroa, 17” x 20.5”, acrylic on wood, 2025
Liquor Market Sunland, 14″ x 13″, acrylic gouache on wood, 2019
Diana Kohne Best Deal Motors LA lurban landscape painting
Best Deal Motors Sun Valley, 17″ x 11″, acrylic gouache on wood, 2018
Freeway Entrance Los Angeles urban landscape painting by Diana Kohne
Freeway Entrance Glendale, 2018

Diana Kohne

About

I am a creative and a Pasadena area native garden coach. My art focuses on the urban environment, my writing centers on the home, and my gardening is about rewilding urban spaces. I specialize in small habitat garden design and in making native yards accessible.

I got my BFA from The University of North Texas in 2009. My work focuses on infrastructure and the urban environment. My paintings appear in New American Paintings Magazine #121, and in the Frederick R. Weisman Foundation collection. My favorite past show was the Tracing Lines exhibit at the Ohio State University Urban Arts Space, where I also hosted my etching without a press workshop. Recently, my paintings were part of the Roots of Cool exhibition at Descanso Gardens. I am a Spring 2025 Hopper Prize finalist. My work is cataloged here: hopperprize.org/diana-kohne I am looking forward to a residency in winter 2026 and preparing for an exhibition in summer 2027.

My paintings and printmaking depict urban reality, while my 3D work focuses on the environment and social issues. I also operate printmakingpress.com.

Photo shows Diana Kohne on the sidewalk next to a busy road with a lot of cars going by.
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