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Donna sold her
first picture as a third grader. Even as a young grade-schooler she
would go to the library and check out every book available on equine
art, horses and animal husbandry. She's been "animal crazy" all her
life, drawing on her school papers, envelopes and scraps of paper.
Originally Donna intended to become a veterinarian.
She's owned many animals, including several different breeds of
horses and ponies, but here heart of hearts belongs to the Arab.
Donna’s owned half Arabs, a Bay Shah gelding out of a champion Bask
daughter and black bay Egyptian mare.
I remember the first time I was aware of the Arabian breed. I had
seen an Arabian Horse World and on the cover was a painting of Geym
& Nissam! First I was "wowed" by their beauty and then by all that
they are.
Donna says "art is my passion, which will never change. Each piece
of art is a joy to produce. I can feel each animal, feel it come
alive. I love to look in it’s eyes and see it’s soul, see it come
"alive". The Lord has been good to me."
The art is produced from life, photos, on location, pictures,
inspirations and images from her mind, or her patron's commissions,
their imagination, photos, verbal descriptions (as was the case with
the historic painting of a Morgan war horse, Clifton) or memory. She
works in colored pencil, conte crayon, pastel, oil, alkyds, mixed
media, scratch board and bronze.
She's been commissioned to portray champions in a half dozen breeds,
as well as the precious backyard friend, pets and wildlife, her art
is all over North America as well as some in Europe and Africa. She
has won awards for Best of Show, Peoples' Choice (the favorite) and
others. Her art has appeared in several magazines. Most of her art
is available as limited edition prints. Each is Remarque and they
are reasonably priced.
She is married to one of the finest men that ever walked the face of
the earth. They are committed Christians and were blessed with 7
children and their children. |
