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DONNA THOMAS - EQUINE ARTIST (678) 755-1079
Owning a number of horses and foaling two is the inspiration behind Donna's depiction of these majestic animals in her equestrian oil portraits which are commissioned by private collectors. Her equine works include hunter, jumper and dressage event scenes which are represented at B.D. Jeffries in the Buckhead area of Atlanta and in the South Park area of Charlotte, NC.
Donna attended the School of Fine Arts at the University of Georgia in the early 70's and studied under the direction of Atlanta artist, Philip Carpenter, and numerous regional instructors including John de le Vega and Angela Nesbit of NC, Halima Washington of San Francisco, and Atlanta encaustic artist, Jason McGrady. She considers herself 'cross-disciplined' as she works with a variety of mediums (oil, pastels, mixed media, resins, encaustics, and photography) and creates art works ranging from landscapes to portraiture.
Donna is past owner and curator of The GASP Gallery at TULA on Bennett Street in Buckhead, Atlanta (2003-2005) and founder of The Art School in Sandy Springs www.theartschoolinsandysprings.com which offers art classes in Atlanta and has over twenty local, regional, national and international artists on the instructor panel.
UPCOMING: "Sticks and Stones", (Donna Thomas, Susan Kendrick, Alison Miller. Robert Pashaian), The Limelight Gallery (Buckhead, Atlanta), December 2007
WORK CURRENTLY EXHIBITED: "Easy Rider", 6 x 8 ' motorcycle, oil, Three Person Show, Main Lobby, Bank of America Building, Downtown Atlanta, October - November 2007 "Coming Out!", Juried Art Show, The Forum at the Defoor Center, August - October 2007 B.D. Jeffries, Atlanta and Charlotte, NC
PAST: Belle Manor, Corporate Office of Food 101, Atlanta Sandy Springs Library, Solo show, 2006, Atlanta Photography Exhibit, AAC, Buckhead Library, 2006, Atlanta "Up & Coming", Huff Harrington Fine Art Gallery, 2006, Atlanta "Chorus of Color", AAC, Juried, Alan Avery, Director, Trinity Gallery, "Before the Storm - Defuskie Island", 2006, Atlanta The Blue Room, 2005, Atlanta "Renaissance" Juried, "Colonel's Island", AAC, 2005, Atlanta "Photocentric", HM, Juried, Atlanta Artists Center, July 2004, Atlanta "Children's Show", AAC, Juried, Black Tie Cafe, 2004, Atlanta "Emergence" - GASP! Gallery, 2003, Atlanta "A Portrait Exhibit" - GASP! Gallery, 2003, Atlanta "Small Works Show" - GASP! Gallery, 2003, Atlanta "Landscapes and Cityscapes" - GASP! Gallery, 2003, Atlanta "Colors" - GASP! Gallery, 2003, Atlanta "The Landings Art Show", HM, Juried (Chicago Art Institute), "Summer Olympics", 2001, Savannah "Holiday Show", City Gallery at the Chastain Arts Center, 2000, Atlanta
ART DONATIONS: "The Panda Express - Beastly Feast", Zoo Atlanta. May 2007Spotlight on Art, Trinity School, February 2007 Sandy Springs Society "Art from the Heart", January 2007 Holy Innocent's Episcopal School Annual Fundraiser, 2006 Mural art, Girls and Boys Town, Decatur, Georgia, October 2006 "Trash2Treasure" Live Auction, benefiting the Atlanta Beltline, (Trinity Gallery), Atlanta, September 2006 Spotlight on Art, Trinity School, 2004, Atlanta
RADIO AND NEWS: Featured guest, Radio Sandy Springs, www.radiosandysprings.com, December 2006 and September 2007 Feature article, Atlanta Journal Constitution Metro, November 2006
ARTICLES: Featured editorial in Horses in Art Magazine, Fall issue 2007, www.horsesinart.com http://www.equineartguild.com/~equinevision/fall2007-2.shtml
MEMBERSHIPS: Atlanta Artists Center Portrait Society of Atlanta Portrait Society of America (Past) The Landings Art Association, Savannah, Georgia Sandy Springs Society
ADVERTISEMENTS: Atlanta Style & Design Magazine Horses In Art Magazine Sandy Springs/Dunwoody Monthly The Northside Neighbor The Sandy Springs Reporter Artshow.com http://artshow.com/workshops/index.html
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