Diane Rios lives and works in Eugene, Oregon. She illustrates books and articles using printmaking and drawing techniques. Her work most recently appeared in the 2005 book by Gayle Forman called "You Can't Get There From Here" out on Rodale Press. She teaches printmaking to children at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art and at the Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts in Eugene. Diane has always been influenced by vintage illustration such as nineteenth century Paris theater posters by Toulouse-Lautrec, 1930's pen and ink illustration by JR Niel, and 1950's illustrations by Garth Williams. The more modern approach of spray-paint political stencils caught Diane's eye while a student in France. "Stenciling is a simple, unpredictable and accessible form of art" she says. Diane Rios can be contacted for free-lance work, commissioned pieces and fine art prints.