'Wait for Me,' by Diane Coady, Oil and Silk on Canvas Painting

This 24" x 36" oil and silk on canvas painting created in 2015 by artist Diane Coady, depicts an abstracted environment with boats and rabbits in a palette of soft pink, green, blue and yellow. In the background Coady explores a water scene featuring two boats with white sails in blue water. In the foreground Coady layers imagery of a white rabbit in an orange cage. The intersection of these two narratives creates areas of dynamic lines ands shapes.

Diane Coady is former nurse and self-taught painter and fiber artist . She moved from Texas to Oklahoma City in the 1980's and soon became a fixture in the Paseo Arts District. She maintained a studio and art space there for several decades before retiring in 2010's. She currently lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.