DARIA VARNER

         Daria T. Varner graduated from IUP in 1957 with a Bachelor of Science in Art Education. She then became an Elementary Art teacher in the Quaker Valley School District. After the first of her four children was born, she retired from her teaching profession. Daria has successfully displayed her oils, acrylics, and watercolors in many of the shows presented by the Indiana Art Association. Her travels to Europe, the Middle East, and the Caribbean have influenced her original pieces of art. She is also a gifted calligrapher, having been the window designer for Luxenberg’s Jewelry store for more than 30 years, and taught calligraphy to several classes of adult students.

           Daria’s control over her chosen mediums makes her pieces truly beautiful. In her watercolors, like the two above, she creates a stunning sense of space through shadow, reflection, and overlapping. Employing these techniques make for a perfect nautical scene, as well as a foliage collage. Daria has three pieces in our gallery, all watercolors, and all extremely unique in style and subject.