DIANE ALLEN having retired after teaching art to grades K-12 for 33 years, now creates dailyin her South Hadley studio.  Her paintings have been in numerous juried shows and exhibits in the Northeast and have won numerous awards.  Many of Diane’s works are included in private and commercial collections. Diane has had paintings published in North Light Books’ “Splash 6”, and “Splash 7”, and was included in the American Watercolor Society’s traveling exhibition.  Diane was chosen to be the official artist for the “US Women’s Open, 2004”, in South Hadley, MA.