Artist Information:
Donna Schaffer
Healdsburg, CA
United States
Member Since: Jun 2001
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Artist Statement:
Art has been a main thread
throughout my life. It has
woven through 23 years of
advertising agency and
photojournalism experience and
has resulted in the
development of my personal
dimension of oil painting -
especially in the painting of
incredible undersea
environments and marine life.
This connecting thread of art
has made me very aware of the
color and light in the
undersea world of scuba
diving.
I've been a scuba diver since
1976; an underwater
photographer since 1983; and a
full-time fine arts oil
painter since 1998. In
addition to lots of dive
adventures from Point Lobos to
the Monterey Wharf, I've been
all over the world to pursue
scuba diving adventures -
Papua New Guinea, Palau, the
Great Barrier Reef, Truk
Lagoon, Fiji, Cayman, Turks &
Caicos, Bahamas, Roatan,
Barbados, and more. At each
location the underwater marine
life and scenes were
photgraphed and sketched.
Looking at the resulting
slides with an artist's eye
has always been a
disappointment. Underwater
flash photography can cause
garish shadows in images.
Natural light is too dim to
show any color on the exposed
film besides blue (especially
in these Northern California
waters). The deeper a diver
goes, the more ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Digital Annex, San Francisco,
CA 1/03
Four Artist Show, Cloverdale
Library, Cloverdale, CA 9/02
Solo Show, Cafe Venue, Market
Street, San Francisco, CA 8/02
Scapes of the Land, Sea, Mind,
Sebastopol Center for the
Arts, Sebastopol 11/01
Solo Show, Analy Gallery,
Santa Rosa J.C. 3/...
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Artist Galleries:
Plaza Arts, Healdsburg, CA.
Galeria Tesoros, Healdsburg,
CA
Artworks, San Francisco
Kumquat Gallery, San
Francisco...
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Artist Reviews:
"Ling Cod" selected for poster
promoting:
Bodega Bay Fisherman's
Festival, April, 2003
California Diving News - Cover
Art
December, 2002 issue...
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Collections:
Coming Soon!
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Donna Schaffer's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Donna Schaffer's Portfolio.
Art has been a main thread throughout my life. It has woven through 23 years of advertising agency and photojournalism experience and has resulted in the development of my personal dimension of oil painting - especially in the painting of incredible undersea environments and marine life. This connecting thread of art has made me very aware of the color and light in the undersea world of scuba diving.
I've been a scuba diver since 1976; an underwater photographer since 1983; and a full-time fine arts oil painter since 1998. In addition to lots of dive adventures from Point Lobos to the Monterey Wharf, I've been all over the world to pursue scuba diving adventures - Papua New Guinea, Palau, the Great Barrier Reef, Truk Lagoon, Fiji, Cayman, Turks & Caicos, Bahamas, Roatan, Barbados, and more. At each location the underwater marine life and scenes were photgraphed and sketched.
Looking at the resulting slides with an artist's eye has always been a disappointment. Underwater flash photography can cause garish shadows in images. Natural light is too dim to show any color on the exposed film besides blue (especially in these Northern California waters). The deeper a diver goes, the more ... |
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