About Our Art
A self-taught artist, Dina enjoys working in a wide variety of art media, specializing in colored pencil and watercolor. Her commissioned portraits can be found in private collections across the US, as well as in Canada, the UK, and Germany. She has also worked for over 19 years as a brand ambassador, licensed artist and educator in the paper crafts industry. Her rubber stamp designs are purchased by crafters worldwide through Impression Obsession. Dina is the Artist in Residence at Splitcoaststampers.com, curating and creating craft tutorials and co-editing a weekly newsletter that reaches over 170,000 readers. She also enjoys designing jewelry and working with polymer clay. Dina teaches colored pencil workshops regularly in Sedalia and is the founder of Benton County Arts.
Dina works from her home outside Warsaw, MO, where she lives with her husband, their 4 teenage children, and a hyper-but-loyal mastiff mix.
Awards and Honors
ART AWARDS: Ike Parker Memorial Fine Arts Show 2019: “Wildcat Pride” – 1st Place Professional Drawing, People’s Choice Award; “Masked” – 1st Place Professional Mixed Media. Missouri State Fair 2019 Open Art Division: “Wildcat Pride” – Honorable Mention. Benton County Arts virtual show 2020: “Wildcat Pride” – Best of Show, People’s Choice. Benton County Art Walk 2021: “Where You’re Planted” – Honorable Mention. Mid Missouri Artists 2021 Fine Art Show: “Aww, Mom!” – Professional Artistic Excellence award, People’s Choice Award; “Spring Fever”: Professional Artistic Excellence award; “Bel Air Reflections” – Photography Best of Show
JURIED ACCEPTANCE (SHOWS): Oct. 2018 – Brewer Science Pure Enjoyment exhibit, Springfield, MO – “Where You’re Planted”; Aug. 2021 – Missouri State Fair Top 50 gallery “Bel Air Reflections”
ART PUBLICATIONS: Color Magazine, Showcase March 2019 – “Wildcat Pride”, Colored Pencil Treasures Vol. 6 (April 2019) – Wildcat Pride”, COLOR 2019: Entire Year Of Issues – COLOR Magazine Collection Book – Wildcat Pride” – cover art, Ann Kullberg blog, April 2020: https://annkullberg.com/blogs/ann-muses/a-gift-that-keeps-giving Color Magazine, Pencil Box, Aug. 2020 – “Bel Air Reflections”, CP Hidden Treasures – Volume VI Aug. 2020– “Bel Air Reflections”
