Donna's art background includes the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and a summer at LaRomita School of Art in Italy.  She received her BA degree from the University of San Francisco.  She is a professional artist with her signature membership in the American Impressionist society and is also an exhibiting associate member of Oil Painters of America.  She exhibits her work in galleries, juried exhibits, open studios and local wineries.  Her work has been exhibited in California, Arizona and Chicago.

 Donna enjoys teaching drawing and painting through the Santa Rosa Junior College and various art centers.  

She is a contributor of articles on painting in art magazines and was included as a "Spotlight"with Southwest Art magazine in 2008.  One of her paintings was selected in the art collectors book by Alcove publisher, titled:  The American Art Collector - West. 

Donna DeLaBriandais is a third generation native of Santa Rosa, California.  She finds inspiration for her paintings in Sonoma County and the north bay. Donna's landscape paintings reflect the beauty of the area.  Her style is painterly and spontaneous, as she expresses her impression of the subject. Donna's paintings are exhibited in galleries in California and Arizona and Chicago. For  twenty years she has been exhibiting through the Sonoma County Art's Council, Art Trails Open Studio program that is held each year in October in Sonoma County, California.  View the link www.artrails.org for more information.  

BE SURE TO CLICK ON BOTH DONNA'S WATERCOLOR AND OIL PAINTING PAGES ON THE LEFT OF THIS PAGE TO SEE A VARIETY OF ARTWORK.  If you are a student, click on her Workshop page for a schedule of classes in both Oil or Watercolor painting.