Before beginning his 20 plus year career as a public-school teacher in Chicago and then in Asheville, Donald was an artist who exhibited throughout the United States showing work in galleries and museums.
Working in mixed media after graduating with his bachelor’s degree in ceramics with a special emphasis in art history, Donald enjoyed drawing, collage, printmaking, painting, ceramics, iron, performance, and mixed media. His background was a more traditional study of art leaning toward realism and portraiture which led him to combine techniques and materials to complete a more conceptual body of art. As a founding member of TFSI, he has been an administrator and an Exceptional Children’s teacher. Through those years he has drawn and painted in his home studio and looks forward to teaching students once again the value of creating and enjoying art.
