Dianne Gall Australia, b. 1964

Lives and works in ADELAIDE, SOUTH Australia

Dianne Gall is an artist whose realism is evidenced in both the meticulous detail of her paintings and in the attributes of her subjects, her glamorous femme fatales. Inspired by Film Noir, Gall evokes a bygone era with all its mystery, intrigue and psychological interplay, yet her women are strident and powerful even in uncertainty.

“My paintings house that captured moment, the still image of a woman in reflected thought, a passing desire, a cherished moment flickers on the tableau of the screen that is my painted image.

"The scenes in my paintings are in essence cinematic, a frozen moment where you can believe that there was a before and there will be an after to be played out in your mind. Like at the movies you play the part of the passive voyeur however the stillness of paintings allows your gaze to linger only at the visible.”