34 lic courier • march 2013 • www.queenscourier.com art landscapes of industrial LIFE Through the windows of Diane Sipprelle BY ANGY ALTAMIRANO Looking out every window in her life, Diane Sipprelle finds life, beauty and inspiration. Born in Knoxville, Tennesse, the young southern artist made her way to the big apple in the early 1980s to chase her dreams of being an artist. After a few years of traveling, Sipprelle made her way into Long Island City where she was able to move into a “large, airy” apartment. Once her surroundings blocked her views of the world around her, she moved looking for a larger space and views to Dobbs Ferry where she now overlooks the Hudson River. “It’s important for me to have something I find interesting to paint from these windows. “ she said. “It’s like living in the painting.” Working a day job, she finds it easier to be able to paint from her windows before and after work. During her time in Long Island City, her inspirations would come from the industrial landscape that surrounded her every day. “I had such wonderful views of the 7 train which ran within a couple of arms lengths from my windows.” she said. “It was hilariously noisy but this was a perfect painting situation for me.” Beginning her process of bringing the painting to life, she would take photos of the scenes that caught her eye, trace it onto a canvas, lay in the outlines and then color in like a coloring book.
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