By permission of the artist, The Cyber Art Show is pleased to feature the second of two 12-piece exhibitions of works by American painter 

Donna Theresa (born 1961 in Los Angeles, California).

Donna Theresa is a fine artist living in Santa Cruz, CA. Her roots began in Los Angeles where she grew up and lived until 1988. After graduating from nursing school and working for a year in the city of her birth, Donna made her exodus and travelled and worked in her field.  She practiced her career in nursing for 10 solid years before starting a family. Now the children are grown and off to college and she finds herself at the easel everyday.

 

Donna came to her current artistic fervor following the first stroke of a soft pastel stick on an ordinary piece of Canson pastel paper in a community college class. She had been dabbling in drawing classes with a focus on figure drawing from a live model. This particular semester, she was introduced to the world of color through the pastel medium and the obsession grew from there. That was a little over a year and a half ago. Working in the pastel medium started out slowly but has since grown into a daily professional practice.

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Everything is good in the world with a stick of chalk in her hands!  Donna is drawn mostly to landscapes, but can be inspired by figures and the occasional still life. 

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Donna is mostly self taught.  She has taken instruction from master pastelist Marla Baggetta.  Her works have been juried into a number of national pastel exhibitions to date. She continues to compete at this level as she considers it a way to "step up her game."  Viewing life through artist’s eyes has brought great joy to her. It is with gratitude that she shares this joy with you.