Some Sad News

We recently had some very sad news here at Victoria Works, artist and photographer Diana Evers passed away at the turn of the year after a short illness. Diana will be very much missed by everyone here, and we send our sympathy and best wishes to her family and friends.

Diana Evers, August 1952 - December 2022

Diana was one of our first residents at Victoria Works Studios and she moved into Studio 11 in 2014, bringing her energy, enthusiasm and lots of ideas.  One of the first things she did was to join many of us in making a strange creature from old chair springs and other left-over remnants from Chalford Chairs for the eponymous Chalford Scarecrow Trail that year.  And in 2019 she also helped paint the beach scene that was displayed in that year’s Trail.

Diana was always full of new ideas many of which she worked on with other residents and of course we all loved her exotic mushroom stew which she shared at our residents’ Christmas social.  Diana’s ex husband has written a little information about her life to share with those that knew her:

Diana was born in Colombia to a Columbian mother and a German father.  She has a brother, Paul, who now lives in the USA.  She graduated from Bogota University with a First Class Honours degree in Psychology.  Diana originally trained as a ballet dancer at the Pina Bausch Academy in Germany before a knee injury ended her ballet career and from 1973 onwards she travelled across South America, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Asia and Europe.

A true renaissance artist, Diana developed her skills over five decades dedicating her life to all forms of art, music, dance and expressionism.  She became an accomplished artist in many mediums - photography, painting, drawing and sculpture and her favourite genre was abstract art, always pushing the boundaries of convention.  Diana was recently invited to provide examples of her photography work to Lensculture and in 2017 she was awarded The Wright Prize at the ING Discerning Eye Exhibition at The Mall Galleries in London.

Diana was at one with the spiritual and natural world and was laid to rest surrounded by nature at her home in the Cotswolds where she spent the last 25 years of her creative life.  She will be missed, not just for her creativity but also for her warmth and generous spirit.