Email me: dvoyentzie@mac.com
Biography
"Creativity is contagious. Pass it on."
Albert Einstein
Diane Voyentzie, a versatile artist, with many different styles and projects, has been involved in a variety of aspects of art for four decades, including teaching, and private commissions for both residential and public paintings and murals.. The paintings include murals for restaurants, hotels, and churches.
She studied art at the University of Florida, and the Isabel O'Neil Studio in New York City, including with Scott Christensen, Hiram Williams, Isabel O’Neil, Ian Cairnie. She has taught at The O’Neil Studio , NYC, The Parsons School of Design The New School in New York City., and the Brookfield Craft Center in CT. She has worked with designers and architects throughout the NY area., and has had numerous one person shows. She resides Florida.
She studied art at the University of Florida, and the Isabel O'Neil Studio in New York City, including with Scott Christensen, Hiram Williams, Isabel O’Neil, Ian Cairnie. She has taught at The O’Neil Studio , NYC, The Parsons School of Design The New School in New York City., and the Brookfield Craft Center in CT. She has worked with designers and architects throughout the NY area., and has had numerous one person shows. She resides Florida.
THE MONKEY BAR..NYC
The iconic Monkey Bar in New York City, was one of the first public murals painted by Diane Voyentzie in 1984. It was included in the Rizzoli Book THE MURALS OF NEW YORK, by Glenn Palmer Smith. The Monkey Bar has been featured in many movies and TV shows.
MONKEY BAR AND BRICKTOPS PRINTS AVAILABLE .
Giclee Prints from the original paintings are available in 12"x18" ($120.00) and 16"x20" ($150.00 ) and are printed on deep mat art paper. 203 733 2034 or dvoyentzie@mac.com
BrickTops Restaurant Naples Florida, newly decorated
The High Country Charitable Foundation has installed a large elk painting that is their logo in the elegant barn that serves as an event venue. The High Country Charitable Foundation's vision is to provide for needy residents and animals by supporting local public charities and other private foundations.
Elk Painting NC
Church Paintings
Some Public Murals
Lake Tahoe dining room painted in Norwegian Rosemaling style, with colorful flowers and fanciful marbleizing. It appeared on the cover of AD July 1989.
The Art Deco mural is in the Wellington Hotel in NYC., and was painted in 1995. The Monkey Bartender lives at the Monkey Bar., and the Staircase Mural is in the Hotel Elysee NYC and was painted in 1995. These are a few of public projects finished over the years.
Gates of Jerusalem
The eight gates of the old city of Jerusalem are what I began as a series after visiting Israel. The paintings are all 24x30 inches on stretched canvas. The paintings are mixed media with heavy impasto paint, and charcoal, pencil, and acrylic, and oil washes.
They are each $1,500.00 and are 24x30 inches on stretched canvas. The Lions Gate, The Golden Gate, and and The Jaffa Gate are SOLD. If you hover over the painting the Gate's name appears.
Residential Murals
These murals below are some of the various designs and styles that can change the entire charater of a room. Inspiration comes from nature, room colors, use of the room , and the client's and designer's ideas. The paintings, and murals can be a look into a dream or simply a beautiful way to enhance a room. Exploring new techniques, and new art tools, as well as new substructures, are what keeps the passion for painting alive.
The BrickTop Monkeys
The Monkey Paintings began in 1984 at the Monkey Bar which is located in the Hotel Elysee on East 54th Street NYC. The first monkeys were painted in 1946 and 1955 by Eugene Eakin and then Charles Vella. Diane Voyentzie painted monkeys first in 1984 and then in 1995, when the Bar was renovated. It has been the scene of many movies and TV programs.
The BrickTops Monkeys are an offshoot of the Monkey Bar monkeys. The BrickTops Restaurant Group which has wonderful restaurants, in Naples, Palm Beach, Nashville, Charlotte, Atlanta, and other cities, have showcased the monkeys for almost 25 years. The restaurant owns the monkeys in each of its restaurants, but I take commissions for original paintings.
Commission a Monkey Painting
Imagine your own painting
with your pet?
Any monkey scene can be ordered.
Paintings are 24"x30" or 24"x36" and are $1,500.00. Paintings will be finished in 3 weeks.
email me: dvoyentzie@mac.com
or text me .2037332034
Miscellaneous Painted Items
The items below are just a few miscellaneous things I have painted as well as furniture. The car on the left is a 1987 restored Jeep Wagoneer. The panels are faux painted wood, and then the car was professionally clearcoated.
The next photograph is one of five designed scarves for a NYC Womens Club. The middle picture is me on a lift painting and detailing the exterior carving on a historical building in Florida. The last is a tactile painting for the blind. It was hung at the Harn Museum at the Art for the Blind exhibit. It has the poem, HOPE, by Emily Dickinsen in Braile, along with tactile feathers, impasto painting and other touchables.
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