About
Diana Monte was born and raised in El Paso, Texas and in the early nineteen seventies her family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Over the course of Monte’s years of study and learning through Southwest School of Art, private lessons and on-line classes, has further enhanced Monte’s attention and passion to the finer detail of art.
Monte, using oils as her medium, established her current art studio in 2003, and has focused more on who she is as an artist. The inspiration for her work is in the breathtaking natural beauty of New Mexico and changes in seasonal weather that creates the kaleidoscope of colors displayed in the southwestern skies and landscapes.
Her paintings truly display a portion of her soul poured out onto a canvas, and invites the viewer to understand what she feels as she paints.
She is a 'juried' artist, whose work has shown at the New Mexico State Fair, local Art Studio Tours, Lavender Festival, Encantada Art Exhibition, several other Exhibitions, Shows, and local galleries. She has amassed a body of work to be most proud. Monte currently resides in Los Ranchos, New Mexico, and is married to her husband, John Monte