Hello, visitors!
Short Bio: I'm a punny card-toonist, writer/illustrator, and educator. I show my work at zine fests, art shows, craft fairs, and comic-cons When I am not drawing (or thinking about Koalas) I teach classes and workshops at afterschool programs and libraries.
Outside of adventures with pen and paper, I enjoy dance, theatre, botanical gardens, art shows, and cafes. I finished my MFA in Illustration from California State University, Fullerton, and have been loving to explore everything now in the PNW.
I love to make new friends and am always up for commissions, teaching requests, and tutoring opportunities, so please reach out.
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Longer (And Third Person) Bio:
Originally from New York, Donna also earned her B.A. there, graduating from Sarah Lawrence College in 2006. During a six month program studying abroad at Goldsmith's College, University of London, a professor opened her up to the world of alternative comics and illustration. She has been reading, looking at, and creating them herself, ever since.
She moved to the West Coast after finishing undergrad, with frequent visits back to New York. Donna has been teaching cartooning at afterschool programs and libraries in Los Angeles since 2010, while also working on freelance art, articles, and commissioned art pieces. She has had comics published in a few anthologies, and shown work in group and juried exhibitions, as well as zine fairs and comic cons, throughout California, in Portland, OR, New York, NY, and Philadelphia, PA. As of 2020, she is teaching on Zoom, and looks forward to getting to do in person workshops with students again in person.
Her bi-lingual handmade card-toons have been carried in Long Beach's Museum of Latin American Art. She belongs to SCBWI, the Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California, and the Pacific Northwest Botanical Artists Guild. She completed her MFA in Illustration at California State University, Fullerton in January 2022, and is now based in the Pacific Northwest, Washington State.
Originally from New York, Donna also earned her B.A. there, graduating from Sarah Lawrence College in 2006. During a six month program studying abroad at Goldsmith's College, University of London, a professor opened her up to the world of alternative comics and illustration. She has been reading, looking at, and creating them herself, ever since.
She moved to the West Coast after finishing undergrad, with frequent visits back to New York. Donna has been teaching cartooning at afterschool programs and libraries in Los Angeles since 2010, while also working on freelance art, articles, and commissioned art pieces. She has had comics published in a few anthologies, and shown work in group and juried exhibitions, as well as zine fairs and comic cons, throughout California, in Portland, OR, New York, NY, and Philadelphia, PA. As of 2020, she is teaching on Zoom, and looks forward to getting to do in person workshops with students again in person.
Her bi-lingual handmade card-toons have been carried in Long Beach's Museum of Latin American Art. She belongs to SCBWI, the Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California, and the Pacific Northwest Botanical Artists Guild. She completed her MFA in Illustration at California State University, Fullerton in January 2022, and is now based in the Pacific Northwest, Washington State.