Diane Stone and Betsey Piner - Art Work On Display At the Madison Town Hall

 Betsy Piner

 Diane Stone

Diane Stone and Betsey Piner - Art Work On Display At the Madison Town Hall

The Madison Art Society presents the artwork of Marlborough pastel artist, Diane Stone and a Madison oil painter, Betsey Piner. Their art work will be on display throughout the months of July and August at the Madison Town Hall at 8 Campus Road in Madison, Connecticut. Their collection of oil and pastel paintings are open to the public free of charge and can be viewed during normal business hours.

Diane Stone

Over the years, Diane Stone has taken art classes at the Glastonbury Art League and Lyme Art Association. She has also taken oil and pastel art classes and/or workshops with David and Pam Lussier, Jennifer Holmes, and Beth Ellis. In 2009, she studied pastels with Liz Haywood Sullivan and with Frank Frederico in 2010.

Diane's art has been exhibited at Act II Gallery of New Hartford, Lily's of Marlborough, Guilded Edge in Salem, Hidden Gallery, Lyme, Wooden it Be Nice in Marlborough, Glastonbury Art Guild shows, Friends of East Granby Library, Lyme Art Association Gallery, West Hartford Art League, Essex Art Association, and the Regional Art Show at the Artists’ Cooperative Gallery of Westerly. Her artwork has been accepted into juried shows at the Clinton Art Society, Madison Art Society, Paint and Clay Club and the national pastel show”Cape Cod Pastels Only”as well as numerous other shows. Besides being a member of the Madison Art Society, Diane belongs to the Connecticut Plein Air Painters Society, and has been accepted into their annual juried show at Hartford Framing and the Silo Gallery in New Milford. In addition, she is a member of the Connecticut Pastel Society and she has exhibited in their annual show.

Her pastel paintings have won awards in the past (“Butterscotch,” “Market Day,” “Swimmer’s Delight,” “Peppers, and “Red Vase”). Her watercolor and ink “Garden Picked" won an award at Gallery 53 in Meriden. She received The Judge’s Choice Award in the Tolland County Art Associations open show for her pastel “Spirits.” Most recently, she won the Essex Art Association's Best in Show Award ,"The Artist we want to see more of Solo Show in the Exit Gallery” for her oil painting. Diane's Solo Show is scheduled for August-Sept 2011 in the Exit Gallery.

Betsey Piner

Betsey Piner, a Madison artist, has always loved art. She was given a tackle box with tubes of oil paints

and brushes at the age of 8. Her first oil painting lessons were from a family friend when she was in grammar school in Indianapolis. After school, she would take the bus to her friend's home and they would paint. Betsey formally studied at the Herron School of Art and Design in Indianapolis and later, in Youngstown Ohio at the Butler Institute of American Art. She attended Ohio University as a Fine Arts major. Betsey's career has encompassed scientific illustration at the Smithsonian Institution, technical illustration and graphic design & production. Betsey worked as a scientific illustrator with the department of Entomology at the Smithsonian Institution and after moving to Connecticut, she worked as a free-lance illustrator for several Yale University faculty members and graduate students. 

 

Marriage and children took the middle of her life. Upon reaching a quieter time of life, she has renewed her passion for painting. She has been a member of the Madison Art Society for many years including several years as a Board member. My paintings are hung in many private collections. Madison has been her home for more than 30 years. She is now enjoying semi retirement, and spending time painting and with her wonderful husband, Harry.