Diane Snoey Appler Fine Art

Like many of you, my collector hasn't ever helped create her own painting! A commissioned oil painting is just that - we work together to create just the right scene for just the right moment as a lasting memory. And I help make it easy to do! They picked Makena Cove AKA Secret Beach AKA Wedding Beach. So off we went to check it out! A walk, a swim and the creative juices were flowing. It's not every day a collector gets to watch me sketch out the ideas in person. Yes, t

Vacation gave me a chance to practice my driving - at 70 miles an hour while being passed by double trailer trucks on a highway under construction, passing through massive corn and soybean fields and a summer rain, wind and hail storm. (Driving vacation- an oxymoron. Typically I drive 55 once a month for about 10 miles when going upcountry.) But it was a big change of scenery. We wanted to catch up with family and friends and it was worth it! We took a few days to acclimate

My parent's relatives are very few in number these days. I lost touch with many since we moved away when I was young. I moved, they moved, some passed away, we were very different in ages.....etc. I'm happy to say in the past couple years I reconnected with my second cousins! How? The miracle of Google. My favorite uncle was Nick Zrolka, the fireman painter/artist who taught me a lot about art and painting. You can read about him here. His kids had kids, and when these grand

COVID boredom forced me to discover new cooking tools, such as Instantpot - I've posted about the time saving meals it helps me make so I can paint more. I've even gifted it in 2020 three times. That is a big endorsement. This newest cooking tool and technique was taught to me by my son Justin! Sous Vide (pronounced “sue-veed”) is a cooking technique that enables precision temperature control. Used by professionals for decades, it works by circulating heated water in a pot, c

Last year I contributed news in the Neighborhood Magazine about the Lahaina Arts Guild and the fund raising we were doing. I really connected with the staff and told them all about the work we were doing as an 501(c)(3) organization providing art classes and supplies at the King Kamehameha III school in Lahaina- at no cost to the kids, teachers or school! One thing led to another, and they were interested in my work and my family. Here are the results! We got the cover o

I typically paint at my art exhibits- its fun for me and my collectors who come to watch. When I am at the Wailea Beach Resort, guests come and go all day and stop by to see the progress. "We'll be back after lunch and see how far along you are..." is a typical phrase. And they do. Below I'm starting the scene of "Blue Fence at Kapalua Bay" working from my photos and sketches. (One of the photo contest entries from last year was a snapshot from that spot, I loved it, it di

What? No way! I'm an artist, I talk to people, I hug aloha....but not right now apparently. You all know about the coronavirus so I don't need to tell ya. So I'm home, not at my shows or arts festivals, still trying to show my work and creating happy customers. And it is RAINING. So what is a plein air artist to do? I work outside on location around a bunch of people watching me paint..... First- I love paints and blank canvases- I've been stocking up for years! Can't go to t