HISTORY

Diana was born in Oxford in 1956 and lived in South Africa for most of her teenage years before returning to England in 1979. She now divides her time between living in the Cotswolds and south-west France.

Diana has recently relinquished her former matrimonial name of ‘Halas’, and has adopted her mothers maiden name of ‘Aungier’. This name change will also represent a new era in which her intuitive use of light, colour and form will reflect her boundless imagination.

Di’s years in South Africa have had a profound effect on her work; the sumptuous colours of the landscapes, the skies and the people of the country are reflected in the opulence and vibrancy of her painting as she explains:

“ I find everyday life so crowded with irresistible images and impressions I feel almost overwhelmed, it is far more frustrating not attempting to paint all these images than going through the actual process of making images. ”

Early influences were the Expressionists, Dufy, Matisse, Siseley. Also The Fauvists, Gillian Ayers, and Wassily Kandinsky. But Di has fresh, colourful and joyful style of her own. Many of her paintings are semi-abstract, celebrations of light, texture colour and, above all, mood.

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