Diane studied painting at Bryn Mawr College and Haverford College in Pennsylvania, and continued studies through classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia. Diane moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1998, exhibiting work at Hang Art, The Los Gatos Art Museum, Studio Gallery, 66balmy, LIMN Gallery, and other venues. In both 2003 and 2005 Diane's work was picked for ArtSpan's biennial juried exhibition, Selections; Diane's work has been selected for other national juried shows, including the 2005 Georgetown International Fine Arts Competition at Fraser Gallery in Washington, D.C. She was also a finalist in Artist's Magazine's Annual Art Competition in both 2005 and 2006.

In October 2005 Diane was one of a select group of San Francisco artists exhibiting in Paris through the Le Génie de la Bastille Invitational. In 2007 she participated in a two-person exhibition at Galerie Cupillard in Grenoble, France, as part of an exchange with Grenoble painter Juliette Lemontey. Diane's paintings were exhibited in two group exhibitions at Karin Sanders Fine Art in Sag Harbor, NY. In 2007 and 2008 she attended painting and drawing workshops with Nicole Michelle Tully and Timothy Stotz through Studio Escalier in France.

Since relocating to Raleigh, North Carolina in 2007, Diane has exhibited at Flanders Art Gallery, Flanders 311, Visual Art Exchange, Artspace and the Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art.

Diane's paintings and commissioned portraits hang in private collections throughout the country and abroad.