Artist Donna Asquith as featured in HOUSE & GARDEN Magazine
Drawing and other forms of artistic expression have always been a part of Donna Asquith’s life. Before turning her attentions to art full-time, she taught high school English in Massachusetts for thirty-one years while she and her husband raised their two sons. Eventually Donna moved on from teaching and concentrated her attentions on art, a loved occupation. She began a new career and took up watercolor painting in 2006. Creativity flourished.
Since 2008 when she sold her first watercolor, her dedication to painting has been rewarded. Her paintings have been in numerous international, national, and regional juried shows around the country. Her works hang on the walls of scores of art lovers who have bought her paintings. Donna’s other media include gouache and pastels, and in 2014 Donna began painting in acrylics; her watercolor experience is evident in her acrylic works. She enjoyed and benefited from her participation in a figure-drawing group of local artists who meet in York, Maine. Portraiture is a specialty. Galleries where her works have sold include Art on Centre, Fernandina, Florida; Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, Maine; 100 Market St. Gallery, Portsmouth, NH; Green Heron Gallery, Ogunquit, Maine; A Pleasant Shoppe, Portsmouth, NH; York Village Gallery in York, Maine; York Art Association, York, Maine. Donna is now part of a new gallery, The Atlantic Contemporary in Feranandina, FL. Donna paints every day and is thrilled by creative expression.
Email: donna.h.asquith@gmail.com
Home phone: 207-351-8191 Cell: 207-251-5251
http://theatlanticcontemporary.com/
http://www.thegreenheron.com/
http://www.yorkartassociation.com/
http://www.barngallery.org/
EDUCATION
M.Ed. - Applied Psycholinguistic Research. - Boston University, 1977
BA - English. - University of Massachusetts – Amherst, 1969
International, National and Regional Juried Show Exhibitions - Donna Asquith
Ogunquit Art Association Open Juried Show July 2024 - Painting SOLD
Ogunquit Art Association Open Juried Show July 2016 - Painting SOLD
30TH National Exhibition ILLINOIS WATERCOLOR SOCIETY May 6 – 30, 2014 Juror of Selection and Awards: Lenox Wallace, TWSA/MS
2014 GIBSON COUNTY VISUAL ARTS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EXHIBITION April 7 – May 9, 2014 Trenton, Tennessee Juror: Mark Mehaffey
Entry won People’s Choice Award
37th International Exhibition Watercolor Art Society Houston March 11 – April 3, 2014 Juror: Laurin McCracken AWS, NWS
GREEN MOUNTAIN WATERCOLOR EXHIBITION 2014 June 29 – July 26, 2014 Juror of Awards: Robert J. O” Brien, AWS, NWS
NORTHEAST WATERCOLOR SOCIETY October 19 – November 2, 2014 Juror of Awards: Carlton Plummer AWS
36TH International Exhibition 2013 Watercolor Art Society Houston March 12 – April 4, 2013 Juror: Jan Fabian Wallake
Beaumont Art League National 2013- 51st Annual Juried Exhibition May 1 – 31, 2013 Juror: Cindy Brabec-King
Philadelphia Watercolor Society 113th Anniversary International Exhibition September 11 – October 25, 2013 Juror: Donna Zagotta, AWS, NWS
PIKES PEAK Watercolor Society International Watermedia 2013 July 7 – September 7. 2013 Juror: Linda Baker, AWS, NWS
GIBSON COUNTY VISUAL ARTS ASSOCIATION 2013 SPRING SHOW April 8 – May 10, 2013 Trenton, Tennessee Juror Mary Ann Beckwith, AWS, NWS
Ogunquit Art Association Barn Gallery Open Juried Show 2013 June – July, 2013
Keystone National 2012 Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper - September 22 – October 19. 2012 Juror: Deb Watson, NWS
The Figure Revealed IV November 9 – December 14, 2012 Jurors: Joel Babb and James Strickland
Ogunquit Art Association Open Juried Show 2012 – Two accepted works June 27 – July 28, 2012
Northeast Watercolor Society’s 35th Annual International Juried Exhibition 2011 October 23 – November 6, 2011 Awards Juror: Jean Uhl Spicer, AWS, NWS
OAA Barn Gallery Open Juried Show 2010 June – July, 2010
Ogunquit Art Association Barn Gallery Open Juried Show 2009 – Two accepted paintings June – July, 2009 - Painting SOLD
Juried Show Exhibitions 2008 Ogunquit Art Association - Barn Gallery Open Juried Show 2008 June – July, 2008 - Painting SOLD
Awards – Donna Asquith
People’s Choice Award at 2014 GIBSON COUNTY VISUAL ARTS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EXHIBITION April 7 – May 9, 2014 Trenton, Tennessee
