Artist: Diane Hansen

Paper dimensions: 23.75 H inches x 19.5 W inches.

Limited Edition: 68/100

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This original numbered etching signed lower right by "D. Hansen" for Diana Hansen (American, born 1942) and dated February 1977; titled lower left "Metamorfosi," with limited edition number 68/100.  Diana Hansen's art is a unique combination of tradition and personality. 

Having studied art at a Native American cultural center as a child, she believes that "Native American culture is the only official American culture." Her complex and richly textured etchings are reminiscent of metaphysical Native American sand paintings, and many of her titles refer to Native American rituals and ceremonies. But like Native American artists, Hansen is not interested in academic imitations. She allows her paintings to emerge spontaneously from her unconscious. In this way, the traditional colors and symbols of the Navajo, Pima, Hopi, and other Native American tribes are transformed into a contemporary vision that uses the past to illuminate the present. As a printmaker, Hansen has experimented with a variety of techniques and processes. Recently, she developed an original method for hand-painted relief prints.