tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372055302014-10-01T18:56:41.404+13:00Donna Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246174687967837624noreply@blogger.comBlogger410125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37205530.post-68182398211470240242010-01-07T20:43:00.001+13:002010-01-07T20:45:22.839+13:00Hi all just started a new blog check it out here <a href="http://donnasteelsblog.wordpress.com/">http://donnasteelsblog.wordpress.com/</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for popping in on me ! would love to see you again !</div>Donna Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246174687967837624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37205530.post-60314724265310804112008-12-10T12:20:00.002+13:002008-12-10T12:21:40.439+13:00NEW OFFICAL SITE : <a href="http://www.donnasteel.co.nz/">www.donnasteel.co.nz</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for popping in on me ! would love to see you again !</div>Donna Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246174687967837624noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37205530.post-50737632521474739432008-12-10T12:20:00.001+13:002008-12-10T12:20:43.270+13:00<div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for popping in on me ! would love to see you again !</div>Donna Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246174687967837624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37205530.post-68151299508899482922008-12-06T21:55:00.005+13:002008-12-06T22:02:31.479+13:00Hi guys :) ok I am finally going to stop blogging on this site ... I have managed to combine my blog and website onto one YAYAYAY !! FINALLY lol.... and I am really happy with how it looks !<br /><br /><br />So please click <a href="http://donnasteel.co.nz/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">HERE</span> </a> !! and I will see ya at my <span style="color:#ff0000;">NEW SITE !!!!!! </span><span style="color:#000000;">;)</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for popping in on me ! would love to see you again !</div>Donna Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246174687967837624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37205530.post-24070044588853275962008-11-15T10:05:00.002+13:002008-11-15T10:09:34.413+13:00<div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SR3ohHGbL-I/AAAAAAAABs8/NfR8ZaK2CPo/s1600-h/IMG_8816.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268622794632671202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 289px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SR3ohHGbL-I/AAAAAAAABs8/NfR8ZaK2CPo/s400/IMG_8816.JPG" border="0" /></a> The Viceroy Butterly</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Funny this Beautiful butterfly often gets mixed up with the Monarch ! both are very beautiful butterlies !<br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for popping in on me ! would love to see you again !</div>Donna Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246174687967837624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37205530.post-63028069029864752662008-11-15T09:54:00.004+13:002008-11-15T10:02:46.781+13:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SR3luhhnGUI/AAAAAAAABs0/ltggIB6-OkE/s1600-h/IMG_8790_1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268619726529435970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 156px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SR3luhhnGUI/AAAAAAAABs0/ltggIB6-OkE/s400/IMG_8790_1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Arrhhhh a walk on the beach ...! is just so peaceful and calming ....I just love walking along the beach... it so clears your head and there is nothing quite like the feeling you get walking at down a lonely beach at Dawn ! </div><div></div><div>With this artwork I have played around with how texture and light can go together really well....</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for popping in on me ! 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What am I up to now ?? I hear you ask ? apart from my interupted few months off hehe I have been creating a resined mixed media miniature butterfly series.... which will be available to purchase from the Heart of Art Xmas Exhibition !!<br /><br />Photos to follow soon !! ....<br /><br /> cheers D ;)<div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for popping in on me ! would love to see you again !</div>Donna Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246174687967837624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37205530.post-48352875493541595392008-11-10T17:21:00.003+13:002008-11-10T18:10:11.500+13:00<div align="center">Man I really did forget how BEAUTIFUL AND RELAXING THE LITTLE VILLAGE OF AKAROA IS. </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Heres just a few shots I took whilst there yesterday ! </div><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SRfBhKQIlgI/AAAAAAAABq8/laC-iNpv2k0/s1600-h/IMG_8570_1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266891064664954370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SRfBhKQIlgI/AAAAAAAABq8/laC-iNpv2k0/s400/IMG_8570_1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SRfBQTkVLVI/AAAAAAAABq0/-q7c258aVlg/s1600-h/IMG_8587.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266890775107808594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SRfBQTkVLVI/AAAAAAAABq0/-q7c258aVlg/s400/IMG_8587.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SRfA4v-f4uI/AAAAAAAABqs/TTkwdN_OA4U/s1600-h/IMG_8567_1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266890370416894690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SRfA4v-f4uI/AAAAAAAABqs/TTkwdN_OA4U/s400/IMG_8567_1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SRfAa9o48kI/AAAAAAAABqk/fuSxL7AzFEA/s1600-h/IMG_8537_1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266889858688283202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SRfAa9o48kI/AAAAAAAABqk/fuSxL7AzFEA/s400/IMG_8537_1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I went to Akaroa yesterday to deliver some of my artwork to the beautiful " Gallery Lavaud " !!<br /><br />So if you are passing through Akaroa, pop into the beautiful Gallery Lavaud, 42 Rue Lavaud, Akaroa.</div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for popping in on me ! would love to see you again !</div>Donna Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246174687967837624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37205530.post-20005882228270866762008-11-10T17:17:00.003+13:002008-11-10T17:57:55.241+13:00Hi guys... just to let you know that my Heart-Land exhibition went well ! I had good sales and met lots of lovely people !! <br /><br />Here are a few photos of the Exhibition!<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266885776111992770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SRe8tU22f8I/AAAAAAAABqE/izjO9nN1n4E/s400/IMG_8457.JPG" border="0" /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SRe-7wt5DVI/AAAAAAAABqc/7iEehizgBrw/s1600-h/IMG_8464.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266888223132028242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SRe-7wt5DVI/AAAAAAAABqc/7iEehizgBrw/s400/IMG_8464.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SRe-M5wJaMI/AAAAAAAABqU/K1F0IauKX-Y/s1600-h/IMG_8466.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266887418103556290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SRe-M5wJaMI/AAAAAAAABqU/K1F0IauKX-Y/s400/IMG_8466.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SRe9zxAH5zI/AAAAAAAABqM/kG2Bu9HLYdg/s1600-h/IMG_8468.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266886986257917746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SRe9zxAH5zI/AAAAAAAABqM/kG2Bu9HLYdg/s400/IMG_8468.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><br />LOL .... I was expecting to have a few months off painting after my exhibition... but since my exhibition I have a few commissions to do and a few more artworks to create for two galleries.... so I will put the couple of months off ... on hold for a month or so lol !!<br /><br />Talk soon<br /><br />Cheers D ;)</div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for popping in on me ! would love to see you again !</div>Donna Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246174687967837624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37205530.post-46947869712161022992008-10-29T20:28:00.006+13:002008-10-29T20:38:52.397+13:00<div align="center"><br />FEATURING NEW OILS....... I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT MY EXHIBITION : NOW SHOWING !! :) SEE BELOW A SMALL SELECTION OF WHAT IS ON SHOW AND FOR SALE ! </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SQgSfeyqwkI/AAAAAAAABp8/wzOy-d130RQ/s1600-h/dsgoldd.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262474905406057890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 310px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SQgRC3AiraI/AAAAAAAABpk/yiVdAjoJN2w/s400/lnew+postcard+for+emails+white+writing+15th+oct+08.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262476496633250370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 199px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SQgSfeyqwkI/AAAAAAAABp8/wzOy-d130RQ/s400/dsgoldd.jpg" border="0" /> Sold </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SQgSGbuOu3I/AAAAAAAABp0/olGsg0VHq1M/s1600-h/IMG_7851.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262476066312600434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 132px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SQgSGbuOu3I/AAAAAAAABp0/olGsg0VHq1M/s400/IMG_7851.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SQgRqGfZfSI/AAAAAAAABps/2s57pL2DMeM/s1600-h/IMG_7846+copy.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262475579576909090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 114px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SQgRqGfZfSI/AAAAAAAABps/2s57pL2DMeM/s400/IMG_7846+copy.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for popping in on me ! would love to see you again !</div>Donna Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246174687967837624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37205530.post-36381846855793507382008-09-17T11:28:00.001+12:002008-09-17T11:32:10.821+12:00Mt Hutt - still a work in progress.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SNBBuaQl-JI/AAAAAAAABok/8Dr94YmHgkA/s1600-h/IMG_8216.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246765831465334930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SNBBuaQl-JI/AAAAAAAABok/8Dr94YmHgkA/s400/IMG_8216.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center">CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE IT :)</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="left">Talk soon .</div><div align="left">cheers D ;)</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for popping in on me ! would love to see you again !</div>Donna Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246174687967837624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37205530.post-24173503309887895192008-09-14T17:31:00.003+12:002008-09-16T13:25:12.620+12:00Yip its the Crazy season !! Arrrrrgh lol... anyway now where was I up to .... mmm oh thats right .... I am still in the middle of that wee commission.. and also working toward my own Solo Exhbition on the 27th of October here in Christchurch ... so will post some pickies soon on what I have been working on ... also I have been busy trying to create some new work for a gallery in the north Island...<br /><br />Just went to take some photos and my camera battery has just died :( hehe so needs to be charged ... will be back later with some progress shots :)<br /><br />Talk Soon<br /><br />Cheers D ;)<div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for popping in on me ! would love to see you again !</div>Donna Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246174687967837624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37205530.post-14375049185679663602008-09-14T17:27:00.002+12:002008-09-14T17:30:29.342+12:00" Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions." Albert Einstein<div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for popping in on me ! would love to see you again !</div>Donna Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246174687967837624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37205530.post-42031397642755489292008-09-06T12:05:00.003+12:002008-09-06T12:21:19.389+12:00Hi guys sorry this week has been crazy busy for me !! thought I would share with you a commission I am doing at the moment .... like most of my work this year .. this wee commission is based on a photograph I took of some Wetlands..... in Christchurch .... Still in the beginning stages of this work... but I am well pleased with it so far ....... :)<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SMHL6Y0fNQI/AAAAAAAABoc/AYJFIHK4YuQ/s1600-h/IMG_8009_1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242695645191419138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SMHL6Y0fNQI/AAAAAAAABoc/AYJFIHK4YuQ/s400/IMG_8009_1.JPG" border="0" /></a> Click on Images to Enlarge them !</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SMHKbE8BscI/AAAAAAAABoU/sK_F5VqCewM/s1600-h/IMG_8008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242694007766757826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SMHKbE8BscI/AAAAAAAABoU/sK_F5VqCewM/s400/IMG_8008.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">Cheers talk soon <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for popping in on me ! would love to see you again !</div>Donna Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246174687967837624noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37205530.post-41226132425410387812008-09-02T12:15:00.002+12:002008-09-02T12:17:11.668+12:00Hi guys :) just to fill you in we had our Preview Night last night at the Spring Heart of Art exhibition, and it was lovely to meet some new faces :) . <br /><br />I will be starting in the next couple of days on some more artworks so will keep you posted !<div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for popping in on me ! would love to see you again !</div>Donna Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246174687967837624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37205530.post-43847125159193845312008-08-27T17:43:00.018+12:002008-09-02T12:13:19.364+12:00<div align="center">Ok finially finished my artworks for the Heart of Art Spring Exhibition !!<br /></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239701997093683170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SLcpNImsf-I/AAAAAAAABls/maNxeYZqdEo/s400/IMG_7931.JPG" border="0" /> Click on Image to Enlarge it !<br /><br /><p align="center">" Sumner Sunrise "<br />200mm x 1000mm</p><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239702329572219330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SLcpgfLwWcI/AAAAAAAABl0/W9_xR8HtmHQ/s400/IMG_7873.JPG" border="0" /> Click on Image to Enlarge it !<br /><br /><p align="center">"Sea You There"</p><p align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;">SOLD</span></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239703564139378258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SLcqoWTgNlI/AAAAAAAABl8/IUXnFtmNdQ0/s400/IMG_7846.JPG" border="0" /> Click on Image to Enlarge it !<br /><br />"Simply Remarkable"</p><br /><p align="center">300mm x 1000mm<br /></p><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239704946613185954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SLcr40a8baI/AAAAAAAABmE/uO8_kQOwj0o/s400/IMG_7851.JPG" border="0" /></p><br /><p align="center">Click on Image to Enlarge it !</p><br /><p align="center">"Dusk , Beyond the Trees"<br />300mm x 910mm<br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239712012310180690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SLcyUGMYc1I/AAAAAAAABmk/BxLF0MRcQI8/s400/IMG_7990.JPG" border="0" />Click on Image to Enlarge it !</p><br /><div align="center">" Silhouette " Miniature<br />Includes Miniature Easel</div>130mm x 180mm<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239711207755643026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SLcxlQ_oeJI/AAAAAAAABmc/TTdEf35I3sw/s400/IMG_7980.JPG" border="0" />Click on Image to enlarge !<br /><br /><br /><br />" Taylors Mistake" Miniature<br />Includes Miniature Easel<br />130mm x 180mm </div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239712319307728562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SLcyl92TRrI/AAAAAAAABms/kEmINmqmMGY/s400/IMG_7981.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">Click on Image to Enlarge it !</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">" Clouds Roll in "<br />2 Canvas's full size = 300mm x 300mm </div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /></div><br /><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239706397972170578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SLctNTJ5B1I/AAAAAAAABmU/9A85Y7iChe8/s400/IMG_7978.JPG" border="0" />Click on Image to Enlarge it !</p><br /><p align="center"><br />" Stroll along the Beach " <span style="color:#ff0000;">SOLD</span></p><br /><p align="center">2x Canvas's 200mm x 200mm = 400mm x 200mm<br /><br /><br /><br /></p><br /><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239705701306664290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SLcskv35BWI/AAAAAAAABmM/ajvHm7FWric/s400/IMG_7923.JPG" border="0" />Click on Image to Enlarge it !</p><br /><p align="center">"Upon a Wish"</p><br /><p align="center">150mm x 150mm</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239716130476736306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SLc2DzjzPzI/AAAAAAAABm0/u0wF_i5EX6o/s400/IMG_7924.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p align="center"></p><br /><p align="center">Click on Image to Enlarge it !</p><br /><p align="center">Baby Fantail</p><br /><p align="center">150mm x 150mm<br /><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for popping in on me ! would love to see you again !</div>Donna Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246174687967837624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37205530.post-35646426053273935482008-08-27T17:33:00.002+12:002008-08-27T17:41:46.614+12:00" All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. " Pablo Picasso<div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for popping in on me ! would love to see you again !</div>Donna Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246174687967837624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37205530.post-73704206899795627292008-08-22T22:21:00.003+12:002008-08-22T22:24:35.299+12:00Hi guys just realised that it has been ages since I have updated my blog !! I have been flat out painting for the HEART OF ART SPRING EXHIBITION !! Gosh I need all my artwork delivered this week to them !! man has that time flown by !!<br /><br />I thought in the morning I will take some pickies of what I have been up to and show you all of my contributions to this Spring Exhbition ! Mind due I am still busy painting for it !!<br /><br />Talk tomorrow and I will add some pikies then also .<br /><br />Until then nite nite ! don't let the bed bugs bite :)<div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for popping in on me ! would love to see you again !</div>Donna Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246174687967837624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37205530.post-58004653593957620622008-08-17T14:38:00.000+12:002008-08-17T14:39:37.206+12:00<div align="center">"The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration."</div><div align="center">Claud Monet </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for popping in on me ! would love to see you again !</div>Donna Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246174687967837624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37205530.post-62534182263377779632008-08-14T16:50:00.005+12:002008-08-14T17:28:19.210+12:00Hi Guys I was updating my finda listing today and saw that I could offer discount coupons !! I thought what a cool idea so ....<br /><br />I have 5 coupons available on my Finda Listing .<br /><br />To get more details on the offer for a limited time check out my finda listing <span style="color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://www.finda.co.nz/business/listing/1sdcw/donna-steel-contemporary-nz-artist/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">HERE</span></a> </span><span style="color:#33cc00;">:)</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for popping in on me ! would love to see you again !</div>Donna Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246174687967837624noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37205530.post-90047122968374879852008-08-13T13:57:00.003+12:002008-08-13T14:01:59.348+12:00Yay finally finished the Remarkables painting .... so heres a sneak preview of it ... It is in Acrylic Mixed Media, with heaps of texture for the mountains and toped of with Resin for the lake.<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233816230105823522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7MV6EDU838M/SKJAIZ8huSI/AAAAAAAABj8/nQtC1Lp2-bk/s400/IMG_7822.JPG" border="0" /></div><p align="center">Click on Image to Enlarge it ! </p><p align="left">Talk soon </p><p align="left">Cheers D :)</p><p align="center"> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks for popping in on me ! would love to see you again !</div>Donna Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246174687967837624noreply@blogger.com0