Donna DeLaBriandais, A.I.S. Oil and Watercolor Sonoma County, California Wine Country Impressionist Plein air Artist 2011 (c)
     
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                        Donna DeLaBriandais, A.I.S, a signature member in the American Impressionist Society.

     Plein air painting is a french term for painting on location in the open air.

The impressionists painted on location or en plein air......My favorite time to paint is late evening when the sun is low and the shadows are long.



 

Late afternoon is the best time for me to paint plein air.  Here I am painting in the lavender fields. 

 "I recently returned from an invitational "Paint Out" through Plein air magazine publisher into the Adirondacks to paint where the Hudson River Painters painted.  There were approximately 60 artists attending and we put on a really good showing of artwork.  See the Fall "PleinAir"  magazine for pictures and information.  If you look closely you will see me in a picture."

The 2011 October issue of SouthWest art magazine will feature the American Impressionist Society exhibit and will show one of Donna's paintings as well as other members. It will be a beautiful issue!


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Sonoma County, California
Plein Air Impressionist Painter 

ART BACKGROUND


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.   Donna enjoys teaching drawing and painting through the Santa Rosa Junior College and various art centers.  She is a longtime teacher and painter in oil, watercolor and drawing.

Click on her WORKSHOP pages on the upper left for upcoming workshops in watercolor, oil or drawing.  She is a contributor of articles on painting in art magazines and was included as a "Spotlight"with Southwest Art magazine in 2008.  Also one of her paintings was selected in the juried art collectors book by Alcove publisher, titled:  The American Art Collector - West. Her beautiful painting titled "Wildflower path to Spring Lake" is on the Santa Rosa Junior College Community Education Catalog.  Check out her next FALL short courses in painting and sketching!

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 three years she has been exhibiting through the Sonoma County Art's Council, Art Trails Open Studio program that is held each weekends in October 15, 16, 22, 23, 2011 in Sonoma County, California. She is a featured  educational artists in the color catalog. To visit, view the link www.artrails.org for more information and to receive a free catalog.   This is a free self guided tour that will take you to various studies in the community.  Select your area and enjoy the adventure.


My painting "Wildflower Path to Spring Lake" was on the cover of Santa Rosa Junior College Community Education Spring 2011 catalog.


    I also have a new site on facebook with new paintings posted   www.facebook.com/artrails then type my name in the search to view my profile and paintings and become a friend. 

 


SELECTED COLLECTORS:  Kaiser Permanente, University of San Francisco, Cardiology Assoc. Art collection Rohnert Park, Plein air Magazine collection, American Shield, Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation,Charles Schulz private Collection, several So.Co. wineries, Shambahala Retreat Center, private collections in France, England, Italy, New Zealand and the United States.