Don’s paintings and photography explore the rich interpretive intersection between color, form and meaning. By following and re-imaging ancient artifacts, places and feelings; he seeks to have a great time doing it. Many the images are from the confines of the COVID lockdown and rediscovering local landscapes.
Photography offers Don a current way of exploring our environment as we degrade much of it. The photos are manipulated and digitally painted shown as either prints or used as a starting point for his paintings. Don earned a BFA at The San Francisco Art Institute in Painting and studied with various photographers, including Ansel Adams.
Education
San Francisco Art Institute BFA painting 1984-1986
Santa Rosa Junior College Drawing 1984-1985
Sonoma State University Painting and Print Making 1983-1984
Kendall School of Design BFA Graphic Design 1969-1971
Ansel Adams Workshops 1979-1980
Awards
Marin County Fair Best in Division 1997
Sonoma County Community Foundation Fellowship 1991
Marin County Fair Best of Show 1990
California Arts Council Grant 1987
Sobel Scholarship 1986
Exhibitions
Christie Marks Gallery Santa Rosa CA 2016
Graton Gallery Graton, CA 2015
Gallery Route One Point Reyes CA 2015
O'Hanlon Center For The Arts, Mill Valley CA 2014
Riverfront Art Gallery Petaluma, CA 2014
Cinco Gallery San Miguel de Allende, Mexico 2013
Victoria Story Gallery Denver, CO. 2004
The Benefit Show Santa Rosa Museum 2003
Kunsthaus 22 San Miguel de Allende, Mexico 1997
Claudia Chapline Gallery Stinson Beach, CA. 1997
Marin County Fair Marin County, CA. 1997
Claudia Chapline Gallery Stinson Beach, CA. 1995
Canard Fine Art Napa, CA. 1994
Gango Gallery Portland, OR. 1994
Press House Gallery Sonoma, CA. 1993
Claudia Chapline Gallery Stinson Beach, CA. 1993
Gango Gallery Portland, OR. 1993
Fine Art Gallery Santa Rosa, CA. 1992
Claudia Chapline Gallery Stinson Beach, CA. 1992
Bridge Gallery San Francisco, CA. 1991
Rodney Strong Windsor, CA. 1991
Axis Gallery San Francisco, CA. 1991
Q Gallery Santa Rosa,CA. 1990
Falkirk Cultural Center San Rafael, CA. 1989
1078 Gallery Chico State University, CA. 1989
Sonoma Hills Gallery Petaluma, CA. 1988
Artist Gallery Inverness, CA. 1988
Wilshire Ebell Art Salon Los Angeles, CA. 1987
The Mill Gallery Petaluma, CA.1987
Falkirk Cultural Center San Rafael, CA. 1986
Diego Rivera Gallery San Francisco, CA. 1986
Golden Rose Gallery Boulder, CO. 1984
Southern Exposure Gallery San Francisco, CA. 1983
Intersection Gallery San Francisco, CA. 1982
Cameravision Gallery Los Angeles, CA. 1981
The Darkroom Gallery Denver, CO. 1981