Lotus Mind & Body Gallery - Dianne Neil

Crooked Creek Art League is pleased to welcome Lotus Spa as a new Public Gallery site. A league member will showcase two pieces of art for a two-month period. The featured artist for June is Dianne Neil. Dianne is an award-winning artist and currently serves the league as Public Galleries Coordinator.

"Blue Moon"

"Virtuoso"

About the Art

"Blue Moon" - mixed media sained glass mosaic on wood, 16" x 20", NFS

"Virtguoso" - mixed media stained glass mosaic on wood, 26.25" x 33.25", NFS

About the Artist

Dianne Neil

Dianne Neil is a mosaic artist from Chapin, SC, with over 35 years' experience with stained glass.  Dianne is inspired by color, texture and pattern.  She loves all of the unique characteristics glass brings to her mosaics, especially the iridescent and reflective qualities glass affords.  

Dianne pays great attention to shape, size and flow of each piece of glass she hand cuts.  Grout also plays a contributory role in her finished pieces, as she is always trying to please the eye.  “One can attempt to choose glass for an art project, but the decision is really made as one is in the middle of the beloved journey.“ She takes pride that her skills evolved from her personal trials and tribulations, as she has poured hours of laborious love into each piece she has created. 

Dianne wants to create pieces that are intriguing and never bore the eye; that are full of energy, color and substance.  Art that can be respected and appreciated for the arduous attention to detail.  Art that is a touchable lifetime of beauty! 

In 2026 she was awarded, for “Lady Lollipop” mixed media stained glass mosaic, an Outstanding Merit and Purchase Award ribbons in the South Carolina Palmetto Hands Juried Fine Craft Competition and Exhibition, as well as the Minuteman Press Merit award in the Crooked Creek Art League Juried show.  In 2025 she was awarded three ribbons for her “Virtuoso” mixed media stained glass mosaic:  First Premium Fine Art Professional in the 3D Open Media category at the SC State Fair, Honorable Mention at the South Carolina Palmetto Hands Juried Fine Craft Competition and Exhibition, as well as the Braddock-Janney Legacy award in the Crooked Creek Art League Juried show.  She was also featured in Chapin Magazine's July/August 2025 issue.  In 2024 she was awarded the Sozo Family Fitness Community Business Sponsor’s award in the Crooked Creek Art League Juried show for her “Peanut Butter & Jelly” horse stained glass mosaic, and she was also featured in the February 2024 issue of Chapin Neighbor’s magazine.  In 2024, she was juried into the South Carolina Palmetto Hands Juried Fine Craft Competition and Exhibition and the 2023 and 2024 SC State Fair.  She was awarded First Place for her mermaid mosaic art in the mosaic division in the 2020 Delphi Stained Glass On-Line Art Festival and Best in Show for her Venetian mask mosaic art in the 2014 Time For Art charity event, presented by the Young Professionals of Columbia and Lexington, SC.

Dianne’s mosaic art has been displayed at Art on the Square Gallery in Summerville, SC, Palmetto Fine Arts, Blue Lavender Spa, Sozo Family Fitness, Lotus Mind & Body Spa and The Chapin Chamber of Commerce in Chapin, SC, as well as High Noon art gallery in Ballentine, SC and Continental American Insurance Group in Columbia, SC.

Those who are interested can learn more about Dianne Neil on her website, www.GlassArtByDianneNeil.com as well as follow her creations on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

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The Lotus Mind & Body Gallery is located in the Lobby and Nail room of the spa. The art can be viewed during their normal business hours.

The rotating exhibit of fine art showcases a wide variety of mediums including oil, acrylic, watercolor, mixed media and photography. Originals and prints can be discovered here with new displays every month. Each piece of art is labeled with the artist's contact information.

This exhibit features two pieces by a single artist each month.

104 East Boundary Street

Chapin, SC 29036

For more on this and all our other galleries, click HERE.