Hello, I’m Diana Garrett.
I am a watercolor fine artist and illustrator based in Boulder, Colorado. Originally from Siberia, I moved to the United States in 2011 and have lived in several beautiful parts of the country — each place shaping how I see color, light, and landscape.
My creative path began early. At seven years old, I joined a small painting studio in a local community center, where my teacher told my mother she had never seen a child paint the way I did. That moment set my direction. I was soon placed into an experimental art class alongside older students, and later admitted into a specialized art school that combined traditional academics with intensive studies in drawing, painting, art history, classical literature, and music.
From there, I continued through art college and university, specializing in environmental design. Even in design school, my foundation remained deeply rooted in classical art training — watercolor and oil painting, sculpture, academic drawing, anatomy for artists, perspective, and light theory.
Today, I create calm, colorful, and expressive watercolor artwork inspired by nature. My background in design and visual arts (MA) gives me a strong understanding of composition and color harmony, while my love of travel and the outdoors continually renews my ideas and visual language.
I now balance my creative work with life at home with my husband and our two young daughters. Painting is both my practice and my quiet space — a way to capture fleeting moments and turn them into lasting impressions.
