I painted 'A Place to Be' while visiting Indian Point, Georgetown, Maine during an August painting trip. "The evening light was so inviting that I was motivated to capture a sense of the place. There is something special about that location which I needed to convey.

Sometimes selecting the right title for a painting can be a challenge so she often enlists the help of her friends. This title was chosen by a dear friend who said that the painting looked like "a place to be." Two weeks later while considering a theme for a solo show in August of 2019 at the Brickstore Museum in Kennebunk, Maine, Dianna decided that title would also make a great theme for the exhibit.