GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Mary Bell Gallery, Chicago
Morris & Whiteside's Red Piano Art Gallery, Hilton Head Island, NC
Art League Gallery, Hilton Head

AFFILIATIONS
Pastel Society of America
Degas Pastel Society
Member of Excellence, Southeastern Pastel Society

Don was born in Pittsburgh, PA. He received a BS in advertising design from the Rochester Institute of Technology and an MA in printmaking from Wayne State University. He worked in Detroit ad agencies for over 30 years, where he was the head art director and group supervisor on Pontiac, Mr. Goodwrench, Budd and Dow Agricultural. He has received several awards from local and national art directors clubs, including the New York Art Directors Club and a Cleo award for television.

Don and his wife, Joyce, moved to Hilton Head, North Carolina, in 1986, where he worked as a freelance graphic designer until his retirement in 1998. He began pastel painting shortly after his retirement; his paintings now hang in private and corporate collections and he has received awards from regional and national pastel societies.

Joyce and Don have made several group painting trips to France and Italy. They have teamed up to give exciting duo workshops, demonstrating their own methods of working. The students learn a variety of techniques to help them gain insight and develop their own style of pastel painting. Don also teaches art the Art Academy of Hilton Head.