Diana Petersen

Diana was born in Jerome, Idaho. Her love of the desert began at an early age when her family moved to Moapa Valley in 1964. There she studied art from Max Bunnell, local artist, teacher, and founder of the Moapa Valley Art Guild.

Her father, G. Ray Newman, was the one who encouraged her to join the Moapa Valley Art Guild in 1983. That is when she fell in love with drawing portraits in pencil. In 2007 she started her journey into photography. Since then she has had success in many competitions. She has taken classes from professional photographers, and her love for photography continues to grow. She enjoys taking images of landscapes, people, and learning how to make her images better. She plans on taking photography classes at the College of Southern Nevada in the near future.

She and her husband love to hike, and often take along their children and grandchildren. She likes capturing images anywhere they travel, but the Desert Southwest is her favorite. Through photography, she has a way to capture the images of her beloved desert that she would like others to experience. Red Rock Canyon, Mount Charleston, and Valley Fire are some of her favorite places to find images that show why the Desert is a great place to live, work and play.

Her work has been shown at Valley of Fire, Red Rock Visitors’ Center, and has been featured in traveling juried exhibitions at the Clark County Libraries. She is a member of the Moapa Valley Art Guild and the Nevada Camera Club.