"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 as a part time artist I moved to Newquay in 2017. Winner of ‘The People’s Choice Award’ 2024 in The British Art Prize and current top 50 finalist in the SAA Artists of the Year 2025, I paint what most people miss, with an added twist of showing how the beauty of everyday life, if seen through the right lens, is anything but ordinary. I particularly enjoy overlooked moments and blending them with the theme of ‘The Colour of Night’; how natural and man-made light can transform a landscape into something quietly extraordinary

Activity

Awards

2025 Longlisted for the Visual Art Open 2025 with 'Night Bus' and 'Holiday Shop'
2025 Top 50 Finalist in SAA Artists of the Year - 'Insert Coin to Begin'
2024 The People's Choice Award Winner, The British Art Prize - 'Driving Home'
2023 Commended in Porthleven Harbour Art Prize - 'Our Treasured View'
2021 Top 25 Finalists of 'Seasons' Art Competition - 'Busy Fistral Beach'
2021 Overall Winner of L2F Art Competition - 'Early One Morning'

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
2024 Jan Artists and Illustrators - Winner of Editor’s Pick: British Art Club Floral

Media Broadcasts

2024 Aug - Cornwall Rewind Radio Interview (Vote)
2025 Jul - BBC Cornwall & Devon Radio LIVE Interview (Vote)
2024 Nov/Dec - BBC Cornwall & Devon Radio Interviews (Vote & Art Award)
2024 Dec - Radio Newquay Interview (Art Award), Cornwall Rewind Radio LIVE Interview (Art Award)

Selected Exhibitions/Events

2025 - Out of Office London solo exhibition, St Ives Society of Artists Open Exhibition, The Blisland Institute Gallery Easter Exhibition, The Poly Spring Open Exhibition, Guest Speaker at Nansledan Arts Festival, NSA group exhibition at Trenance Cottages, Summer Smalls Teyr Fine Art Bude , The Poly Members’ Exhibition Falmouth
2024 - Cornwall Christmas Market Royal Cornwall Showground, The British Art Prize exhibition London, Truro Craft Fair. NSA group exhibition at Trenance Cottages, St Ives Society of Artists Spring Open Exhibition.
2023 - Royal Cornwall Museum 'Spirit of Cornwall' Open Exhibition. Porthleven Harbour Art Prize Exhibition. NT Voice Winter Craft Fair.
2022 - NSA group exhibitions at Padstow, Trenance Cottages, Newquay Hotel Bristol. Tag Art Launch, London Group Exhibition. Perranporth Craft Fair.
2021 - 'Seasons' Art Competition Exhibition at King House Gallery, Stratford-Upon-Avon, L2F Art Competition Exhibition at the Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum, Lichfield. Alverton Hotel Truro Christmas Fair. NSA group exhibitions at Padstow and Trenance Cottages. 'Fun in the Park' Trenance Craft Fair, Newquay.
2019 - NSA group exhibitions at Padstow, Trenance Cottages, Newquay, Truro and Newquay Fish Festival.

Charity Projects

2025 - Cornwall Hospice Belly Board 'Where Art Meets the Wave'. Highest bid postcard Anonymous Art Auction at St Day and Carharrack Primary School in Redruth.
2024 - Cornwall Community Foundation sponsored baubles for the Cornwall Christmas Fair at The Eden Project
2022 - Cornwall Hospice Milk Churn at Bude Tourist Information Churn Trail, auctioned at Truro Cathedral and purchased by The Headland Hotel. Bude Sea Pool Art 'Spot the Artist' Postcard Charity Exhibition.

Stockists

“I love the fact that you’ve gone for a concept of, it’s that things we see every day but don’t necessarily ever stand out. Then someone like yourself goes and highlights them in such an amazingly, talented and beautiful way and suddenly you’re like, oh I know exactly where that is. And then suddenly that place becomes a feature in itself.”

Josh & Laura, The Big Cornish Breakfast, Cornwall Rewind Radio, August 2025

Charity Projects

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!
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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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