Diane Rappisi is a contemporary realist painter whose work fuses the light and chroma of the Cape Cod colorists with the form and structure of the traditional Italian and French academies. She works in oil, pastel, charcoal, and graphite. She trained at Studio Incamminati in Philadelphia, where she deepened her understanding of color, form and anatomy, and discovered her love of figure painting.

Diane is an IAPS Master Circle member, holds Signature Memberships in the Pastel Society of America and the Maryland Pastel Society, is an elected member of the Salmagundi Club in New York and the Oil Painters of America, and a member of the Pastel Society of Colorado.

Diane’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and has won awards in numerous juried shows. She is a popular instructor, and has presented demonstrations and workshops at the IAPS biennial convention in Albuquerque, NM, and various arts organizations across the US, Australia and New Zealand. Diane currently teaches at the Academy Art Museum in Easton, and at her Chestertown studio where she also offers consulting, jurying, commissioned portraits and other art services.