Diane Burton was born on 1st April 1948 in London. As a young girl she won many accolades for her paintings. Diane later trained at the Twickenham College in illustration and became Licentiate Member of the Society of Artists and Designers. She worked at Hutchinson Publishers as a Designer and eventually decided to concentrate on Fine Art Painting which she has always felt passionately about. Her colour is influenced by the paintings of Winifred Nicholson.

Her love of flowers resulted in her move to a small holding in North Devon where she lives with her husband Vivian, who is a potter and keen gardener. Their son Douglas studied at the Royal Academy of Arts and is one of Britain's rising young sculptors.

Diane paints mainly in oils on canvas or linen in her studio overlooking the Bristol Channel. She has exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, the Mall Galleries in London and has had many solo shows throughout Britain.