Born and raised in central Montana, Diana graduated from Montana State University in Art and Education and was an art teacher early in her career. Now, after painting professionally for more than twenty years, her paintings have been selected for the TOP 100 in the National Arts for the Parks Competition, CM Russell Art Auction, Western Masters Art Show and Sale, Ellensburg Art Auction, CM Russell Masters in Miniature Show, Lewis and Clark Outdoor Art Gala, Montana Watercolor Society’s National Juried Exhibitions, Western Art Roundup and exhibited at the Montana Governor’s Mansion and in the Montana Capitol Building. She is a signature member of the Montana Watercolor Society, the Montana Midstate Art Society, and is a past president of the Montana Painters Alliance.
Diana is a regular quick draw artist at the CM Russell Stampede, as well as having done quick draws at the CM Russell Art Auction, Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Miles City Bucking Horse Sale and others. Brady and her husband, Jim, are ranchers near Winnett, Montana.