For more than a dozen years, Sands operated her own business, as an Art Director for a group of freelance designers, illustrators and photographers. She worked in the commercial art field for 21 years after receiving Bachelors in Art Degree, with high honors from Northeastern Illinois University in 1979.
Donna now concentrates full time on her life long passion - painting. She is the past curator of the Deer Path Gallery in Lake Forest. Sands has served on the Boards of: Deer Path Art League, Lake County Art League, and the Cultural Board at the College of Lake County.
“I am inspired by the omnipotence of nature’s landscape, a place that invokes all five of my senses. I transfer these emotions onto my surfaces with blends of vibrant color and texture. My imaginative dexterity for color allows me to convey any mood while maintaining the harmony that exists in nature. This is what it means to be a Color Equivalent Landscape Painter.” – Says Donna.
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