Nine animal portrait paintings by Aptos artist Diane Levin are now showing in the Children’s Room at Aptos Public Library.
“These paintings are acrylic on canvas, done in a figurative/abstract style, meaning they are not literal, and sometimes, may not even look like a finished piece of work,” Levin said. “My goal, in particular, is to create a loosely defined image that evokes an emotion, as if the image is saying something to you.”
The San Francisco native has been living in Aptos for the past 46 years and has been a student of Watsonville artist Sefla Joseph over the years.
“I’ve been doing painting since I was a kid,” she said. “My dad was a painter.”
Besides the current exhibit, her abstract expressionist paintings have appeared in numerous shows around the county.
Of Levin, Joseph said, “She is a natural and one of the best painters in the county.”
The show runs through June 30 at 7695 Soquel Dr. in Aptos.
