Fine Art Paintings filled with light and color
Fine Art Paintings filled with light and color
Donna Shortt is a life-long Indiana resident and skilled in the use of the oil medium and the pastel medium. She paints still life objects from life in a studio setting where she can control the light. She paints outdoors from life with other plein air painters. She travels all over the USA in all seasons to become familiar with the landscape. In 2019, she traveled beyond the USA ... view more »
Artist Style: Visual: Figurative, Focus on Color/Light/Movement, Impressionistic, Nature/Wildlife, Representational, Still Life
Artist Medium: Visual Arts: Drawing Media, Oil; Pastel, gouache
My oil paintings are painted onto linen or canvas mounted to a board and many are done plein air. my still life are often painted from life too. Pastel paintings are painted onto special papers that contain enough “tooth” to receive and hold the pastel medium. They are also often plein air and are framed under glass. Gouache is an opaque water based medium. I use this medium on museum board or illustration board. They are meant to be framed under glass.
$100-$2,500
Workshops around the country by nationally known art teachers.
Hoosier Salon Indiana Heritage Arts Indiana Artist’s Club Brown County Art Guild Chicago Pastel Painters Oil Painters of America Indiana Artisan Indiana Plein Air Painters Southside Art League
Best of Show Indiana State Fair Fine Arts ProfessionalMerit Award Cincinatti Art ClubMerit award Indiana Heritage ArtsBest of Show Greenfield Indiana Will Vawter ShowPeople Choice Award Greenfield Indiana Will Vawter ShowBest of Show Madison Indiana Art Club ShowFirst Place T C Steele Paint OutMerit awards Richmond Art Museum, Richmond, IndianaOutstanding Pastel Hoosier Salon Annual Best of Show Indiana Plein Air Painters Member Show