Liane Whittum was born in Phoenix AZ and was raised in a small rural town in New Hampshire.  For as long as she can remember she has been painting and drawing and from a very early age she knew that she wanted to be a professional artist. Liane spent a great deal of time outdoors as a child and fostered a love of nature from her Mother who would take her on long camping trips deep into the wilderness of Maine and Canada. The rugged New Hampshire landscape with thick impenetrable walls of forest, bogs, rocky seacoast and the tallest peak in the Northeast would become her lifelong inspiration.

Liane focused primarily on still life painting for most of her early career but really longed to be able to translate the emotional experience of nature into landscape paintings.  Liane traveled back out west and settled in CO but ended up moving back to NH where she returned to school and received her Bachelor of Arts with a Concentration in Painting from New England College.  It was at NEC where Liane discovered plein air painting, and it changed her life.  Painting en plein air has been an integral part of her process and has re-defined her approach to painting. “I have always loved landscape painting and I feel so fortunate to have found my passion in life, one that combines my love of nature and painting. I hope to be able to spend many more years studying nature and all of its beauty.”

Liane has been in many international juried shows and has work in private collections nationwide.  She has won numerous awards including a Staff Award from the 16th Annual Art Renewal Center Salon, The Charles Pratt Award of Excellence from American Women Artists, and Best Landscape at the 33rd Best of America International Exhibition from the National Oil and Acrylic Painter’s Society.  Liane works from her home studio in Hill, NH and is represented by Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville VT.