Kathryn Donatelli Loves to Paint

For many years I have been living and working as an artist doing many types of work from mural painting and portraiture to still life, landscape and my own self expression. I've even taught mural painting to high school students and adult classes in color theory and portraiture. Throughout the years, in a manner of continuing excellence, I search for advanced classes to attend in drawing or painting. It's inspiring and invigorating to put myself in touch with other artists seeking awareness of what is going on now with our contemporaries. The classes I'm interested in talk about the elements in a painting that give a work of art it's charm, poetry, creativity, expression, structure and most importantly what makes a work of art masterful. All of these things inspire me and give me energy.

Since May 2012, I have been taking workshops in still life painting and portraiture and have completed more than 60 new paintings thanks to your donations. My work has taken on a whole new vitality and I am much more excited about my progress than ever before. Here are a few new paintings to show you what the workshops have done for me. I even won a Best in Show award from the California Art League in 2013 and many more awards since then.

I took a workshop with David Leffel, master portrait artist who's famous for being able to paint like Rembrandt. What a class. I came out supercharged. I now have a new goal of attending several more workshops and I need your help to make this happen.

Each workshop can run on average $450-$850 and that is quite expensive for me to afford at this time.  I do believe these classes are essential in the next step to inform and refresh my artistic sense, to hone the professional quality of my work. Every time I come out of these classes I am so excited about my next commission because I can't wait to integrate the new things I've learned into my personal style.

Tonya Wearing Her Mother's Hat, oil on canvas,
20" x 16"

In Her Vintage Style, oil on canvas, 18" x 14" 
BEST IN SHOW award, California Art League  2015

Pears, Red and Gold, Oil on canvas, 11" x 14".

Three White Roses, oil on canvas, 20" x 16"

A self portrait.  "Self Portrait in White Satin", Oil on Linen, 20" x 16"

Big Sur, Morning Mist. Watercolor, 12" x 15".

Irish Dunes, watercolor, 16" x 20".

Portrait of Chae, oil on canvas, 14" x 11".

Still life study of a daisy chrysanthemum that reminded me of a parasol the way it perched over the figure of the woman painted on the saki cup. Oil on canvas, 10" x 12".

Model I started painting in David Leffel's class. Finished it at home in my studio with the same model a few weeks later. Oil on canvas, 20" x 16". I was able to share this with him by email and he called me to say how wonderful it was.


It's really fantastic having so many people, friends and family buying my work and believing in me.  I have so many supporters it energizes me to know they like and support my work. I want to continue to develop and grow. 

Donate to help me take these workshops this year . Your donation will do much more than help me attend a workshop. It will allow me to go to the next level in my artistic mastery. I love to paint, art is my passion, it is what I do. 

Roses and Onion skin, oil on canvas, 14" x 11"

It's really fantastic having so many people, friends and family buying my work and believing in me.  I have so many supporters it energizes me to know they like and support my work. I want to continue to develop and grow. 

Donate to help me take these workshops this year . Your donation will do much more than help me attend a workshop. It will allow me to go to the next level in my artistic mastery. I love to paint, art is my passion, it is what I do. 

Thank you for taking the time to read this and may you be always blessed.

Kathryn Donatelli