Acrylic, oil, and oil stick on canvas, 213.4 x 213.4 cm / 84 x 84 in © UmanCourtesy the artist, Hauser & Wirth and Nicola ...

Observer spoke with the much-lauded painter ahead of her debut solo exhibition at Night Gallery in Los Angeles.

Diamond’s attention to the brush’s capacity to be simultaneously expressive and responsive is visible throughout her strongest paintings.