Donna Pierce-Clark, Passionate Painter of Nature, Color, and Light!
Donna lives in Springfield, Ohio with her joyful, fun-loving, and supportive husband of 38 years, a medical technology supervisor. Cheerfully by their sides is the family pet, a bossy but much loved little Lhasa Apso of 9 years.
About her work, Donna says, "I love working wet-into-wet with watercolor as well as a long day in the sun with acrylics or watersoluable oils (Holbein Duo). Her paintings are a visual depiction of her spirit and reflect her bold and colorful approach to painting. During her childhood in Cincinnati, Ohio, Donna loved exploring hills, meadows, and wooded areas in the southernmost regions of her home state. Visits along the Atlantic seascoast, created a deep appreciation for the strength and serenity of these waterways and inspired paintings of rocky cliffs, waterfalls, serene beach scenes, and lighthouses. A recent trip to the southwestern states of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado has added more inspiration for paintings of her love of rock formations, colors, and bodies of water.
Her watercolors on yupo express fluid, loose brushwork; while her plein air paintings in oils exhibit a more controlled, but impressionistic feeling. Donna recently won BEST OF SHOW at the 2005 Winter competition with the Western Ohio Watercolor Society (WOWS). Yearly, her expressive and colorful works continue to receive recognition as she is juried into both local and national level competitions. Her most recent acceptance were 2 of her paintings to be shown in the 2010 National Aquarius Watercolor Exhibition to be held in Colorado this fall.
Donna enjoys giving water-media demonstrations and workshops. To see part of a recent demonstration and read about her process of presentation, please click here
A recent recognition she received was from www.art4god.com. She placed in the top 200 paintings submitted and you can see that HERE. While you are there, Donna would appreciate any comments you would like to leave on that site.
Donna is a member of the OHIO PLEINAIR SOCIETY, and paints on location as time will allow.
20102010 Aquarius National Watercolor Exhibition 1993 to Present Western Ohio Watercolor Society, Springfield, Ohio (2005,BEST OF SHOW)
2008 Art Association of Randolph County, Indiana
2007 Art Association of Randolph County, Indiana
2006 Art Space/Lima, Lima, Ohio (Plein Air)
2005 Ambience Benefit, Springfield, Ohio
2004 Chautaugua of the Arts, Columbus, Indiana
2003 Munce Fine Art Fair, Zionsville, Indiana
PRESS RELEASES and Comments from Admirers
CLICK HERE (or on the photo above) for a video-taping of an interview of Donna conducted by the Centerville Arts Commission, which was done in conjunction with her EXHIBIT in Centerville (March and April 2009). This is 14 minutes long. You can stop the video whenever you like. Some paintings discussed in this video: Navajo Reflections (seen by clicking on title), and the painting that is behind Donna in the video: Old Man's Cave, Upper Falls.
The following is the write up in the Dayton Daily News, Tuesday, March 10, 2009
"Donna Pierce-Clark's Eyepopping Landscapes at Centerville Art Gallery"
Staff Reports
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
CENTERVILLE — In March and April, the Centerville Arts Commission is hosting an exhibit of paintings by North Hampton artist Donna Pierce-Clark in the Centerville Art Gallery at 155 W. Spring Valley Road.
Her exhibit contains images of nature, painted in a mix of watercolors, acrylics and oil.
"Most of my landscapes are in direct response to exploring hills, meadows, and wooded areas during childhood in southern Ohio," Pierce-Clark said. "Visits along the Atlantic seacoast have inspired paintings of rocky cliffs, waterfalls, and serene beach scenes."
This current exhibit of color landscape paintings will be on display until April 30. The art gallery is inside the Centerville Police Headquarters.
The gallery is open 24 hours a day and exhibits may be viewed at any time. All exhibits are free and open to the public.
For more information, phone (937) 433-7151 or go to www.ci.centerville.oh.us.
And in the Centerville-Bellbrook Times, this release in April 2009-----
The following kind words were received from the Lima Area Watercolor Society (LAWS), PO Box 3164, Elida, Ohio, 45807, October 20, 2009--------
"Donna, Thanks so much for demonstrating on Yupo for our Lima group. We appreciate your skills and talent, and enjoy seeing how paint reacts on the Yupo surface. You control the uncontrollable!" (Linda Lehman and LAWS members)
Some beautiful comments from my students and collectors-------
Good morning Donna,
I just viewed the class demo on your website. I very much enjoy viewing your paintings. Can only say WOW!!! I am so excited about taking your classes...I am becoming comfortable there. I think I can now gain the confidence that I have lacked. Thanks to you. I do believe God has led me to this class. Blessings to you. Thanks so much for your prayers. Julia (a student at Hayner, 2010)
Hi Donna,
I purchased one of your Lakeside Stone Collection paintings. Mine is the second one shown on your website. I still love it today as much as I loved it when I first saw it. I have very wonderful memories of lakeside with my family and this painting was done out front of our cottages on the lakefront. It puts a smile on my face every morning when I walk past it. Thank you for your talents..... Libby (a collector)
