This page is a temporary page to give collectors a preview of the upcoming exhibit.
Diane Bronstein
Unreal City
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Opening Reception September 12th, 2026 4pm-6pm |
Show runs from - September 12th, 2026 - October 24th, 2026 |
Preview (collector's advance viewing)
As a valued member of our Collector's Preview list, you have the unique opportunity to see all of pieces that will be part of the exhibit before it opens to the public. First access to all of the work and the opportunity to purchase your favorite/s before they become available to everyone.
This exhibit opens September 12th.
Below are images of all of the pieces that will be on display in the exhibit as well as reserve pieces that will replace sold pieces as those paintings go home with collectors.
This exhibit opens September 12th.
Below are images of all of the pieces that will be on display in the exhibit as well as reserve pieces that will replace sold pieces as those paintings go home with collectors.
Call or email to make a purchase or schedule a visit to the gallery.
A reminder, purchases are on a first contact basis, so consider a back up option if your first option is no longer available.
A reminder, purchases are on a first contact basis, so consider a back up option if your first option is no longer available.
Additional images, or a video, to see the work from alternate angles are available upon request.
To see the work in person, contact the gallery to schedule a visit, or stop by during gallery hours.
Wednesdays 10am-2pm
Fridays & Saturdays 2pm-6pm
Click image for a larger view.
To see the work in person, contact the gallery to schedule a visit, or stop by during gallery hours.
Wednesdays 10am-2pm
Fridays & Saturdays 2pm-6pm
Click image for a larger view.
A Quiet Place
15”x20”, 2025, Embroidery Floss & found photos on stretched canvas $3,000 |
And Soon the Darkness
25.5”x13”, 2018, Embroidery Floss & found photos on stretched canvas $2,000 |
Hallow Road
24”x13”, 2026, Embroidery Floss & found photos on stretched canvas $1,200 |
It Follows
10”x8”, 2025, Embroidery Floss & found photos on stretched canvas $400 |
Little Boardwalk 1
6”x6”, 2023, Embroidery Floss & found photos on stretched canvas $220 |
Little Building 1
6”x6”, 2023, Embroidery Floss & found photos on stretched canvas $220 |
Little Building 39
6”x6”, 2025, Embroidery Floss & found photos on stretched canvas $220 |
Little Building 45
8”x8”, 2025, Embroidery Floss & found photos on stretched canvas $250 |
Little Church 1
6”x6”, 2026, Embroidery Floss & found photos on stretched canvas $220 |
Little Dock 1
6”x6”, 2023, Embroidery Floss & found photos on stretched canvas $220 |
Little House 5
6”x6”, 2023, Embroidery Floss & found photos on stretched canvas $220 |
Little House 16
6”x6”, 2023, Embroidery Floss & found photos on stretched canvas $220 |
Little House 18, Los Cruces, NM
6”x6”, 2024, Embroidery Floss & found photos on stretched canvas $220 |
Little House 56
8”x8”, 2025, Embroidery Floss & found photos on stretched canvas $220 |
Little Trailer 1
8”x8”, 2025, Embroidery Floss & found photos on stretched canvas $250 |
Something Wicked This Way Comes
20”x24”, 2025, Embroidery Floss & found photos on stretched canvas $2,000 |
The Clearing
10”x8”, 2017, Embroidery Floss & found photos on stretched canvas $400 |
The Road
12”x16”, 2026, Embroidery Floss & found photos on stretched canvas $700 |
Twister
10”x8”, 2026, Embroidery Floss & found photos on stretched canvas $400 |
What Lies Beneath
11”x14.5”, 2016, Embroidery Floss & found photos on stretched canvas $600 |
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Diane Bronstein grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in a city filled with heavy industry. The steel mills’ large
chimneys belched fire and smoke around the clock and were a vital reminder of the economic powerhouse the city had become. Unfortunately, the nearby population were ultimately being exposed to numerous harsh chemicals in our air, water and land. There were many days of her childhood where the air smelled of sulfur and the sky was a blank white. Bronstein graduated from Carnegie Mellon with a design degree, then moved to Boston to get some fresh air. There, she worked as a graphic designer in advertising, publishing and marketing. Through a program in Museum Studies at Harvard University, she interned, and began working full-time at the Museum of Science in Boston creating exhibit graphics. She continues to freelance in the museum industry for institutions around the country. Bronstein curated two multi-artist traveling shows; in 2013 and 2021. Her first curated show revolved around society’s view of lingerie and featured the work of eleven women artists. This show traveled to five venues, culminating in New York City. The 2021 curated show traveled to four venues including Chicago and Dayton, Forty-two artists, writers and designers contributed one piece each around the theme of “containing” a personal fear. Since 2016, she has been embroidering collaged vintage photos. Her goal is to envision our possible climatically changed future through familiar nostalgia. Her work has been shown in multiple national juried shows around the country. Since 2024, Bronstein had solo shows at the University of Alabama at Huntsville, Tointon Gallery in Colorado, Pittsburg State University in Kansas, The University of South Carolina, East Central College in Missouri, The Studios at Key West in Florida and Batesville Area Arts Center in Arkansas. After Gallery Blue Door, her upcoming 2027 shows include Park Gallery in Charleston, South Carolina, The Umbrella Arts Center in Concord, Massachusetts and Upper Arlington Gallery in Arlington, Ohio. She continues to show pieces in juried shows. She and her husband live in North Carolina with two constantly fighting cats. |
Website - speedygale.wixsite.com/unreal-city
Statement
We are witnesses to dramatic climate change. Yet, some insist that it’s not happening. My work uses original and found vintage black and white photos collaged and embroidered with massive vines, dimensional trees, crumbling rocks, stormy skies, floods and fire. My vision is to create familiar, but hostile, future environments that reflect ever increasing catastrophes. In my smaller pieces, vintage snapshots are embroidered with colorful natural elements that obscure or reveal the photo’s subjects. People pose in these photos, unaware of the creeping vegetation or water swirling around their feet. Much like climate change deniers, they ignore how nature will rule and continue to flourish, even without us.