Tappan, NY
About Diana Elena Chelaru :
I am a Romanian artist based in Tappan, New York. At an early age I began studying art with original artists from Eastern part of Romania. I received my BFA in Painting from “George Enescu” Art University, Iasi, Romania and a MA in Art History from the City University of New York, Queens College. Over the years my style was influenced by the Byzantine art's abstract and anti-naturalistic character, by Van Gogh's bold and symbolic colors and by Klimt's use of decorative patterns and his subject matter. Recently, I started experimenting working at large-scale using the visual language of form, color, and line to create compositions that exists only in my imagination.
