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=**__ Dona Turner __**=

===Dona Turner was born in Washington, D.C. The type of work she does is very interesting; she is a pastel artist and also a fine art artist. The style she does is illustration. She did many things as an artist like make illustrations for home decors, greeting cards, napkins, drew illustrations for children books, toy packaging and educational books and even posters! In most of her artwork she mostly makes pictures of flowers, basic household items, or vacation destinations. === ===Since 1982, Dona has been showing her artwork in galleries mostly in Northern California. In 1985 she won Best Of Show, mixed media. She received most of her fine art training in the Bay Area of San Francisco; she went to Academy of Art College in San Francisco, California. === ===My favorite artwork that she has made is the ‘Pink Daisy’ because the back round has yellow to green; the flower petals go from light pink to a kind of darker pink. It has nice fun colors, the middle is a mix of yellow and green with red dots and doesn’t go from light to dark which makes her artwork look unique. It’s amazing how she evolved from just a fine artist to doing many artworks. === ==   == == __ Artist Statement __   The title I named my artwork was “Rosa Posy.” I named it that because ‘Rosa’ in German means “pink” and posy is another word for flower. I painted my artwork, layering different colors together over and over again until I got the right color I needed. I also did a layering of lighter-darker type of style, by layering the paint light to dark. I got my ideas from Dona Turner’s work in the “Pink Daisy.” But I didn’t make any daisy’s in the back like hers. The colors for the back round and for the flower are based on the work she did. I was trying to get the viewer to a cheery state of mind, to see how little things in life are really great. I enjoyed working on this piece, even though painting isn’t my strongest area in art. It was pretty hard to mix the paint to get the right color because it dries differently than how it looks wet. You also have to make sure not to put too much layering otherwise it might turn into a black color. I really enjoyed working on this painting, even though it had a lot of challenges. It was fun to do and I hope I do something thing like this later. ==