"For many artists, the path to their craft comes through academia, galleries and mentorship, but The British Art Prize 2024 People's Choice winner Diane Griffiths journey took a refreshingly unconventional route. This Midlands-born artist - once entrenched in the London media world - made a leap to the Cornish coast."

Ramsha Vistro, Assistant Editor, Artists & Illustrators Magazine May 2025

Cornish Landscape Artist Diane Griffiths

Self-taught and hailing from the Midlands, working part-time as an artist I have work on display in UK galleries and shops, as well as online.

Painting on a square canvas in a mixed media of acrylic and oil I’m currently exploring the theme of ‘The Colour of Night’. How natural and man-made light can transform a landscape, with an added twist of showing how the beauty of everyday life, if seen through the right lens, is anything but ordinary.

Awards

  • 2025 Top 50 Finalist in SAA Artists of the Year
  • 2024 The People's Choice Award Winner, The British Art Prize
  • 2023 Commended in Porthleven Harbour Art Prize
  • 2021 Top 25 Finalists of 'Seasons' Art Competition
  • 2021 Overall Winner of L2F Art Competition

Publications

  • 2025 Aug - Artists and Illustrators - Winning Ways feature
  • 2025 May - Artists and Illustrators - We Present feature
  • 2025 Feb - Artists and Illustrators - The People's Choice Award 6-page feature
  • 2024 Dec - Leisure Painter - Gallery Artists feature

Media Broadcasts

  • 2024 Aug - Cornwall Rewind Radio, The Big Cornish Breakfast
  • 2025 Jul - BBC Cornwall Radio LIVE with Julie Skentelbery
  • 2024 Nov/Dec - BBC Cornwall Radio BBC Upload
  • 2024 Dec - Radio Newquay, Cornwall Rewind Radio LIVE, The Big Cornish Breakfast

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2025 Tag Out of Office, Soho London

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025

  • Porthleven Harbour Art Prize
  • The Poly Members’ Exhibition, Falmouth
  • The Blisland Institute Gallery Easter Exhibition
  • Summer Smalls Teyr Fine Art, Bude
  • Trenance Cottages, Newquay
  • St Ives Society of Artists Spring Open
  • The Poly Spring Open, Falmouth

2024

  • The British Art Prize, OXO Tower, London
  • Trenance Cottages, Newquay
  • St Ives Society of Artists Spring Open

2023

  • Royal Cornwall Museum 'Spirit of Cornwall' Open Exhibition.
  • Porthleven Harbour Art Prize

2022

  • Padstow Memorial Hall
  • Trenance Cottages, Newquay
  • Hotel Bristol, Newquay
  • Tag Art Launch, Soho London

2021

  • 'Seasons' King House Gallery, Stratford-Upon-Avon
  • Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum, Lichfield
  • Padstow Memorial Hall
  • Trenance Cottages, Newquay

Community

  • 2019-Current - Publicity Officer Newquay Society of Artists
  • 2025 Cornwall Hospice belly board 'Where Art Meets the Wave' auction
  • 2025 Anonymous Postcard Art Auction at St Day and Carharrack Primary School in Redruth
  • 2024 Cornwall Community Foundation sponsored baubles by Lillicrap Chilcott for the Cornwall Christmas Fair at The Eden Project
  • 2022 Cornwall Hospice milk churn 'Around Cornwall in 38 Churns' auction, purchased by The Headland Hotel
  • 2022 Bude Sea Pool Art 'Spot the Artist' Postcard

  • Where Art Meets the Wave - Cornwall Hospice Project 2025

    Currently available to view at Newquay Garden Centre you can bid for this board online and help raise money for Cornwall Hospice!

    Bid Now (Lot 17) 

  • Anonymous Art Auction for Cornish Primary School

    Highest selling postcard in auction for St Day and Carharrack Primary School in Redruth.

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  • Baubles at The Eden Project

    Sponsored bauble by Lillicrap Chilcott for
    Cornwall Community Foundation at The Eden Project Cornwall Christmas Fair.

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  • Around Cornwall in 38 Churns’ Project

    Donated by Rodda’s Creamery for Cornwall Hospice Care. Auctioned in Truro Cathedral and now resides in The Headland Hotel, Newquay.

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