About the Artist

Donna Quesada was born and raised in Maryland. Her early roots for the creative arts were anchored in the theater, dance and music. She had a passion for drawing and painting at a young age. She lived in Southern California for nine years raising her young family, but returned to her home in Maryland in 1995.   She started formal art training in Frederick Maryland at The Delaplaine Art Center and Frederick Community College, where she is currently a teaching assistant for the art department.

For the past 20 years she has explored and developed her skills in acrylic, watercolor, pen and ink, and oil painting medium. She has a passion for expressing her experiences in her daily life and travel. She has a collection of watercolors works in her numerous sketchbooks which is uses for reference to create larger work. Much of her work, recently,  is centered around Plein Aire experience, and figure drawing . 

Ceramic art is a developing skill in the past 10 years.  Donna specializes in wood-fired and Raku techniques of pottery.  Much of her workis both  decorative, and functional.  Her style reflects nature and organic forms in surface design.

Her work is exhibited in the Frederick, Maryland. She is a resident artist of Frederick Arts Council,  associate artist with The Artist Gallery, and Art Collective Frederick.