SONDRA DIEPEN
I grew up in a small town in California, riding horseback, taking art classes, and
enjoying family camping trips. I have a Masters Degree in Fine Art from the University
of California at Davis and studied art under Wayne Thiebaud, Robert Arneson and
William Wiley. I have been exploring the back roads and forgotten communities of the
southwest, looking for the unique, the discarded, the unexpected. I’m intrigued by a
solitary cabin with torn wallpaper and crumbling linoleum or an abandoned DeSoto
rusting into the landscape. I’m fascinated by what humans have left behind, be it a sofa
in an arroyo, an abandoned curio shop, or a flickering neon sign, all fragments of the
of the past. By photographing these discoveries it gives me a way to preserve an era
that is constantly disappearing. And, I always wonder who was there, what were the
dreams, what caused them to make these choices.
You can reach Sondra at [email protected]
All images are copyrighted by the artist. The use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission from the artist is obtained.
enjoying family camping trips. I have a Masters Degree in Fine Art from the University
of California at Davis and studied art under Wayne Thiebaud, Robert Arneson and
William Wiley. I have been exploring the back roads and forgotten communities of the
southwest, looking for the unique, the discarded, the unexpected. I’m intrigued by a
solitary cabin with torn wallpaper and crumbling linoleum or an abandoned DeSoto
rusting into the landscape. I’m fascinated by what humans have left behind, be it a sofa
in an arroyo, an abandoned curio shop, or a flickering neon sign, all fragments of the
of the past. By photographing these discoveries it gives me a way to preserve an era
that is constantly disappearing. And, I always wonder who was there, what were the
dreams, what caused them to make these choices.
You can reach Sondra at [email protected]
All images are copyrighted by the artist. The use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission from the artist is obtained.
