Diane Leifheit moved to the Adirondacks with her family just over 40 years ago. She has been making art and working en plein air since the early 90s. A year-round resident, Diane can be found working in her studio Point of View in Gabriels, where browsing visitors are always welcome. In addition to ArtWorks, Leifheit is a member of the Adirondack Pastel Society and Adirondack Plein Air Painters. Leifheit is currently working on a multi-year project Face to Face: Drawn to Saranac Lake exhibiting in late 2015. 

Leifheit says, “When I begin a piece I am finding nuances of color. I am seeing color break into layers of other colors. Variations of one color sometimes gives way to opposite color. Then there is the spirit. In landscape it is the feel of the sun, the riffle of a breeze. With people, there is the undercurrent of their life in their eyes, then a subtle letting go, a trust that I do see them under their hat, behind their glasses. I work hard to paint what I see, fair witness to who the person is at that moment.To capture the essence, to create resonance in the image. That is the goal.”