My friend, Diana the Artist

DIANA  LYTWYN

I have a friend called  Diana. We met a number of years ago on the Golf Course here, in Port Alberni, but as the years passed, each of us has given up golfing and moved on to different activities. However, we continue to have lunch together almost every week.  

One fine day I discovered she is a Graphic Designer and an Artist.  

I said to myself, said I, "Don't let this opportunity slip away."  So - I begged, I cajoled, I bribed, I pressured. 

Finally she said, "Yes, I will."

And she did.  She started, out of the goodness of her heart, to sketch scenes evoked by passages from family history material that I put in her hands.  She sketched statues, boats and lions.  She sketched David Livingstone and the eastern Irish coastline and the Irish Sea.  All beautifully done.  All now contained in Dr. Dillon's book.

Please meet Diana:

Diana  Lytwyn

 

Before her career as an artist, Diana wore many hats: 

- she showed horses in Kentucky at equestrian events

- she played tournament-level tennis out of the Jericho Tennis Club in Vancouver

 - a seasoned sailor, she sailed in the mid-ʼ70s on a 26-foot sailboat from Vancouver to Tahiti, via Hawaii, navigating by the stars 

- a professional level golf player, she travelled around B.C. competing at the Tournament level 

 
Diana Lytwyn may be contacted at: dianapaints@telus.net

I thank you Diana

for all your efforts

on behalf of the

Dillon Trail.

You might wonder: "Why use sketches in a book?  Why not use photos, original maps, etc?  Why have paintings?"

The answers to such wonderings will be contained in the next blog.