About Me:

Location:
Harrison , Maine, United States

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About D Lacey Derstine:

This new gallery has been a great force for me. I find I am seeing more and eager to translate this vision onto my painting boards.

Raised in rural Bucks County, Pennsylvania where traces of Early Americana and bucolic landscapes were interwoven into her life experiences, Donna majored in painting & illustration at Philadelphia College of Art. An eventual move to Maine, coupled with her love for the natural world, inspired her soft pastel landscapes and folk images.

Donna’s pastels have won various awards throughout Maine & New Hampshire and are now available as limited edition giclee’ prints. Her pastels & folk paintings are included in private collections throughout the US and abroad.

Donna’s folk images have been reproduced as 24 poster designs (Bruce McGaw Graphics),calendars, greeting cards & book covers. Donna’s work has been featured in Early American Life, Country Living, and cover illustrations for Yankee Magazine & A Child’s Book of Poetry, published by Black Dog Press.

Personal Statement:

After witnessing the loss of many natural places and antique buildings, I feel a need to hold onto what remains untouched or sometimes unnoticed in our environment. If I can bring an awareness or appreciation of this quiet world to others, through my art, I feel that I have succeeded in promoting a sensitivity to the beauty and preservation of our surroundings.”