Frocks, flowers and porcelain teacups feature in Dianne Gall's still-life oil paintings, recalling an era in which feminine allure and social decorum were celebrated with romantic decoration. The artist delights in juxtaposition of surfaces, for instance the porcelain gleam of a teacup resting on a dappled fake fur background. The inflated, slightly artificial colours seem to come from the pages of an old glossy women's magazine, the unmistakable dream-like look of 1950s “Kodacolor” advertisements. These advertisements themselves were about the American dream, a mirage of style and glamour that shimmered briefly on the horizon. Dianne emphasises the surrealism of this vision with sleek surfaces and dream-like imagery. The sparse, tableau-style settings are reminiscent of painter Rene Magritte, a surrealist flavour that is strengthened by floral sprigs floating in mid air around headless mannequins, and ornate porcelain cups set against a perfect blue sky. Dianne celebrates the inanimate object as having an unique past and a distinct character that evokes memory and emotion. Beautifully painted folds of satin on the frocked mannequins are distinctly sensual, if slightly faded, as they float gently in the ethereal world of the decorative and the ornate.

Dianne Gall graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) from the South Australian School of Art in 1985 and has held a number of solo exhibitions in major galleries in Adelaide and Sydney, as well as participating in many group exhibitions Australia wide. Her work is represented in various collections including Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra; The Saxon Collection, Adelaide; Simms Lockwood, Sydney and Artbank.