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Visual Improvisations

For me, making art is just another way of playing jazz. After three decades as a professional saxophonist and woodwind tutor, I am using paint and ink to create 'visual improvisations'.​
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My work is a playground for the impossible and the unexpected. Heavily inspired by Escher’s clean geometry and Lowry’s human landscapes, I balance the stark discipline of monochrome ink work with vibrant explosions of imagination, often hiding the architectural form of the saxophone within surreal spaces.​Much of my work incorporates bright orange accents, which are the 'voice' of the music: fluid, bold, and alive. Mixed into these meticulously planned geometric structures are my playful silhouette characters and delicate botanical touches. It’s the very same breath and focus that drives my performance, just channelled through a pen.

Where Jazz meets Ink

Windows into the Gallery

Step closer to explore a playful, surreal world where visual art and music become one. Hand-drawn in Gloucestershire, these "Gallery Windows" serve as small, curious viewpoints designed to bring a touch of musical spirit to your home.Printed to order on beautiful museum-grade paper, each Giclée fine art print blends quiet thinking with bold imagination. Expect striking black-and-white lines punctuated by a single, vibrant pop of bright orange.

Impossible Worlds

A6 Mini Art Prints
available in person.

Would you cross the rope bridge? Double perspective makes it a challenge for all.
A precarious rope bridge stretches between two slender masts, serving as a high-altitude thoroughfare for various travellers. Below, a lone figure serenades the ground-dwellers with a saxophone, his music drifting up toward the suspended walkway.
Would you cross the rope bridge? Double perspective makes it a challenge for all.
A precarious rope bridge stretches between two slender masts, serving as a high-altitude thoroughfare for various travellers. Below, a lone figure serenades the ground-dwellers with a saxophone, his music drifting up toward the suspended walkway.
Just imagine what a work bench would look like if Heath Robinson designed the saxophone
A silhouetted figure sits back and contemplates a monumental drawing of a saxophone. From the instrument's bell, a single vibrant orange balloon bobs upward, a solitary pop of colour against the monochrome sketch.
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The Hanging

Visit my Etsy store for framed and unframed prints

From other collections:

Cygnet Studios logo.  White on black.  The studios are where Diane teaches and makes videos

Churchdown, Gloucestershire.

07530 360919   diane@disax.me

Cygnet Quartet logo.  The Jazz quartet run by Diane and her husband Paul Arthurs

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