Sonya Diimmler is known for her dramatic use of color in her dreamy contemporary landscapes and bold abstracts. Having started painting in 2015, she wasted no time taking workshops and creating increasingly larger bodies of work. Starting 2021 she was featured at Columbia Metropolitan Airport and subsequently, had several shows at Rob Shaw Gallery in West Columbia. In 2024, Sonya was was the featured artist for USC’s School of Music’s edgy Southern Exposure concert and a featured artist at MIRCI’s 52 Windows. Her abstract work has most recently been juried into Greenwood as part of the SC Festival of Flowers, 701cca’s 2025 Biennial Show and Pickens County Juried Show and her work will be included in the Holiday Show at Rob Shaw gallery this winter. Her work regularly adorns the windows of High Noon in Ballentine.

Sonya has served in a number of roles for CCAL including workshop coordinator, president, sponsorship chair and juried show chair. Sonya also has been involved with public art both as an artist and an administrator; assisting in developing Crooked Creek Art League’s very colorful public art presence in Chapin.