Welcome
Thank you for visiting. Discover Don's captivating work, a Maine artist known for his masterful portraits and breathtaking landscape paintings. Inspired by Maine's rugged beauty, Don brings his subjects to life with oils, pastels, and watercolors, creating timeless pieces that speak to the soul.
My paintings are a tribute to resilience, capturing the beauty in brokenness. Each piece tells a powerful story of perseverance- depicting individuals and objects that refuse to surrender despite being damaged or discarded. They endure, they triumph, and in doing so, they embody the profound joy that only resilience can bring. Through these works, I invite collectors to own not just art but a symbol of strength, hope, and the indomitable human spirit - a testament to the power of transformation and renewal.
"Challenges are opportunities for growth. 'I think sometimes in life the biggest challenges end up being the best things that happen in your life. Every challenge is a chance to grow stronger. Facing challenges builds resilience." Tom Brady
Six galleries are available on the website: Portraits, Landscapes, Figures, Still Life, Courtroom Art, and Caricatures
Please click on the paintings to enter the galleries.
Once you have entered the gallery, please click on the individual painting to acquire more information about the picture or to add it to your collection.
Portrait Paintings
"You excel at pastel portraits."
Marvin S. Sadik, former Director of the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
"A portrait is a picture in which there is a tiny little something not quite right about the mouth."
John Singer Sargent
Landscape Gallery
I want my art to mean something. I am searching for the thread of resilience that binds us all, the quiet strength of the human heart. I want to celebrate the unbreakable spirit, the determination to rise despite struggle, to push forward despite doubt. I want my work to ignite something in others - to inspire, to encourage, to remind us all that we are capable of greater things. 
Figure Gallery 
"The artist does not draw what he sees, but what he has to make others see."
Edgar Degas
Still Life Gallery
Courtroom Art
Caricatures
Please take your time and enjoy the website. I would love to hear from you; I welcome any feedback. Please go to my "contact don" page
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For more information and questions, you can email me at [email protected]