The Lupine Cottage

Meet Lupine Artisan Dianne Horton A lakeside home in Swanville, Maine has been Dianne’s home since 1971 where she and Dan raised two sons. An Elementary Education degree allowed Dianne to teach for 31 years. She sold her first watercolor painting in 1998 at 50 years old. She grew up in Saco greatly influenced by her Great Aunt Ethel Wight, artist and first woman member of Portland Camera Club famous for snapping Lindbergh landing his plane at Old Orchard Beach. The lake, sea

Meet the Artisan Dianne Horton Margaret asked me how I got started painting. I had an early and late start. I was painting early in my childhood, watching an uncle and great aunt as they participated in art shows and won awards. I am a 4th generation artist. I was very excited about attending the art school I had applied to for college. But that was not to be as my parents told me they would not allow me to draw naked people! So… I attended University of Maine in Machias and