DONNA REINE TAYLOR

Raised in the North Coast vineyard region of California, Donna moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to study fine art and majored in Design and Color at Rudolph Schaeffer’s School of Design, which she credits as being the most influential in her career path.   

Donna spent the first decade of her career as co-owner of Design Enterprises and Dougherty & Miller design firms in San Francisco as well as serving on the board of International Society of Interior Designers.  New construction and renovation of residential and commercial design projects included the selection and commission of art to meet her client’s needs.  

She began working with art dealers in San Francisco and Sausalito, painting commissions for cprivate collections as well as commercial buildings.

Donna opened her own teaching art studio in downtown San Anselmo in 1996. She continued to teach painting classes as well as Plein Air and Color Theory workshops on location and in her large home studio until 2017, when she moved to Palm Desert, CA, inspired by the glorious desert colors and warm, arid climate.

Painting commissions for portraits and pets has now become Donna’s main focus. She enjoys the flexibility in working from photos and finds great joy in painting clients’ loved ones and furry friends.

ART ENDEAVORS & EXHIBITS 

Sun City Artists - Oganizer

Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival – Second Place and Honorable Mention

Bay Area Art Today 2016 - Creator, Publisher

Marin Society of Artists 85th Year Celebration Show – First Place

Just For You Gallery of Fine Art – 2012 -  Healdsburg, CA.

Marin County Fair 2010 – Blue Ribbon First Place

Christina Gallery – Edgartown, MA

Studio 333 – Sausalito, CA

Marin Designer Showcases – Marin Co., CA

The Water Dragon Gallery – Fairfax, CA

Open Studios – Marin Co, CA

Art & Wine Festival – San Anselmo, CA

Marin Scapes – Larkspur, CA

Chromo Art – San Francisco, CA

Fidelity Arts – San Francisco, CA

Art Source – San Francisco, CA Art Brokers, Inc. – Sausalito, CA

COMMUNITY COMMISSIONS 

Cover – San Anselmo City Map

2001 Poster – San Anselmo Art & Wine Festival