Chamber Spotlight Artist of the Month - May 2026 - Sonya Diimmler
- Sandra Oliver
- 15 hours ago
- 2 min read
Every month the Chapin Chamber of Commerce recognizes one of Crooked Creek Art League's artists as the Chamber Spotlight Artist of the Month. Congratulations to May artist, Sonya Diimmler, an active member of the League. Sonya has served in numerous capacities within the League as a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors. She frequently volunteers to share her art in our Public Galleries.
Congratulations, Sonya!
About the Artwork
"One True Love"
oil
24" x 30"
$750
About the Artist
Sonya Diimmler
Sonya Diimmler began painting later in life during a season of caring for her aging parents. Painting quickly became a way to process loss and reconcile grief. Dramatic use of color, loose brushwork and energetic mark making driven by emotion inform her dreamy contemporary landscapes and bold abstract works.
Sonya’s artistic momentum gained public recognition starting in 2021, when she was featured at the Columbia Metropolitan Airport. She went on to exhibit in multiple group and solo shows including Rob Shaw’s Gallery, USC’s School of Music’s edgy Southern Exposure concert series and at MIRCI’s 52 Windows.
Most recently Sonya’s abstract work was juried into 701cca’s 2025 Biennial Show featuring contemporary South Carolina artists and Greenwood’s SC Festival of Flowers Juried Show. In 2026 Sonya will participate in Columbia’s Open Studios and MIRCI’s 52 Windows Gala and Auction and have a show at The Jasper Project’s Nook Gallery at the Koger Center. Her work can be found in town at Rob Shaw’s Gallery and at 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.
CCAL Gallery Host:
Each month, CCAL shines a spotlight on one of our own. The Chapin Chamber of Commerce graciously features the art of this artist in their lobby in the CCAL Spotlight Artist Gallery.
This exhibit features one piece of wall hanging artwork per month.
The gallery is located in the lobby of the Chapin Chamber of Commerce at 302 Columbia Avenue in Chapin. It hosts a rotating display with a new piece from a Crooked Creek Art League artist featured each month.
For more on our public galleries, click HERE.
Interested in becoming a gallery display artist? For more information or to be selected as an exhibit artist, contact our Public Gallery Coordinator.
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