Spotlight on PWAS Artist Donna Liguria
The Artistry Spin Blog is starting a series for Prince William Art Society (PWAS) members called "Spotlight Artists", where those artists that want to be featured will submit a prearranged template for posting here and spread on our PWAS social media sites.
Our first featured Prince William Art Society member artist...
PWAS Spotlight Artist Donna Liguria
Date: 3/28/2023
Artist Style: Photorealism
Artist Mediums: Mainly Acrylic
Artist Bio:
A native Virginian, born in Alexandria and wandering through Central Virginia before moving back to Northern Virginia - Woodbridge in 2007, Donna Liguria has always been a dabbling artist and painter, working mainly with acrylics on canvas. Her style is typically ‘painted realism’ rendering landscapes, seascapes, animals and pets, and wonderful places to be and see. She often gets comments, “is it a photo or a painting?”
Her
life-long art experiences included a previous paint business, called
WallDreams where she painted murals on walls in restaurants and homes around
Virginia. Previous “non-art” work also included owning several restaurant
businesses in Charlottesville and Louisa, Virginia, and more recently working for a
Northern Virginia IT company at Tyson's Corner.
Now semi-retired, Donna is mostly self-taught. She is inspired by beautiful colors, textures, sun light, and shadows with a passion to applying the captured vision to canvas, with the thought to “painting it as real as it can be”. She has a love of painting water, beaches and historical Virginia locations.
Donna is also a member of the Manassas Art Guild (MAG) and looks forward to appearing in local art shows coming up at Open Space Arts, Occoquan Arts and Crafts, Art at the Mill, Tall Oaks Community Center, Arts Alive, and more. Donna is also the main writer for the PWAS Blog Artistry Spin as well as her own Blog.
Artist’s Awards:
2023 Jan Tie for Third Place at Open Space Arts, “Only God Can Make a Tree”
2022 October First Place Paint Manassas for “Sunrise at Historic Manassas Train Station”
2021 December Tie for Second Place Open Space Arts Christmas Show for “Mountain Path”
Artist PWAS Member Since:
March 2021
Artist’s URL:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/DonnaLiguriaArt
https://donnascavepainting.blogspot.com/
https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/donna-liguria
Artist’s Social Media:
https://www.facebook.com/donna.liguria
https://twitter.com/DonnaLiguria
https://www.instagram.com/donnaliguriaart/
https://www.pinterest.com/donnaliguria/
Artist’s Contact:
Donna.Liguria AT Outlook DOT com
An artist member of PWAS in Woodbridge, VA and Artistry Spin Blog Admin, specializing in acrylic painting. She paints landscapes, seascapes, animals and many subjects. Visit her Website at DonnaLiguriaArt.com, her Esty site and her Blog at Donna’s Cave Paintings.
Donna Liguria
Local Art: Visit us at Stonebridge Open Space Arts at 15000 #140 Potomac Town Center, Woodbridge, VA - Open Wed to Sat 12-7 and Sun 12-5
The Prince William Art Society is a 52-year-old non-profit art group in PWC for the appreciation of fine art throughout the county and Northern Virginia.
Want to know how to get involved at OSA? If you are an artist (18 or older) living in Prince William County, or a are a member of a PWC art group, you are welcome to get on our next art show's emailing list. Send it to us, OR come by the gallery to find out more.
Want to join PWAS? Go to https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/membership
