DIANA COLLINS-HECHT was born in Pasadena, California. She attended Colorado Women's College where she majored in Art and Secondary Education. She graduated with a BA degree from Colorado Women's College in 1969 with honors in Art. 
Diana's teaching career began in 1983 with a group of ten students. Today, she teaches once a week at her studio in Pasadena. She has both men and women students. Some are intermediate painters while others have painted for years and are advanced artists.
Diana spends as much time as possible either painting at her studio or outside "en plein air."

EXHIBITIONS
2008
• California Art Club- 97th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition
2007
• California Art Club- 96th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition
2003
• Diana Collins-Hecht And Associates Exhibit, Pasadena
2002
• Wentworth Exhibit, Pasadena
• 8th. CAC Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano
2001  
• 7th. CAC Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano
2000 
• Diana Collins-Hecht and Associates Exhibit, Pasadena
• 6th. CAC Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano
1999   
• 5th. CAC Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano
1998
• 4th. CAC Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano
1997
• Diana Collins and Associates Exhibit, Pasadena                                                                  
1996
• 2nd. CAC Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano
1995
• Diana Collins and Associates Exhibit, Pasadena
1994
• Pasadena Heritage and Poulsen Galleries, Inc.,
                        "A Tribute To the Bridge", Pasadena  
1993
• Diana Collins and Associates Exhibit, Pasadena
1991
• Diana Collins and Associates Exhibit, Pasadena
1989
• Diana Collins and Associates Exhibit, Arcadia
1988
• San Gabriel Valley Fine Arts Association Art Exhibit, San Gabriel
1987
• Diana Collins and Associates Exhibit, San Marino
1985
• Diana Collins and Associates Exhibit, San Marino
1983
• Diana Collins and Associates Exhibit, Arcadia
• Pasadena Showcase House of Design, Pasadena
1980
• Ruth Munson and Associates Exhibit, Arcadia

GALLERY REPRESENTATION
1983
• The Designing Women, Flintridge
1981
• Atelier Clemens Fine Arts, Pasadena

PUBLICATIONS
2007
• Pasadena Star-News
2003
• Pasadena Star-News
2000
• San Marino Tribune
1997
• San Marino Tribune
1983
• Los Angeles Times
1983
• Pasadena Star-News

ASSOCIATIONS
• California Art Club, Artist Member
• San Gabriel Valley Fine Arts Association, Artist Member
• Oil Painters of America

EDUCATION
• Colorado Women's College, Denver, CO
• Ruth Munson, Pasadena
• Claude Ellington, San Gabriel
• Sharon Burkitt-Kaiser, California Art Institute, Westlake Village
• Tim Solliday Workshop, Pasadena
• Kevin Macpherson Workshops, Taos, NM and Los Angeles
• Kim English Workshop, Fechin Art Workshops, San Cristobal, NM
• Anita Hampton Workshop, Los Osos
• Gregory Hull Workshops, Sedona, AZ
• Jean Osher, Pasadena
• Shuqiao Zhou, Pasadena