Donna Munro
Calgary, AB - Canada
Donna Munro - Fine Artist
Member Since: 11/17/2010
Donna Munro is the owner of PWL. She is a lover of family heritage and value, having focused her life strengths on studying Literature and Science for her younger life. She has found her roots and family meaning within Scottish and English culture. The start of the collection is focused on releasing family art to print.
The first artist Donna has profiled is her great-great-grandfather James Wharton, who was one of the first of the family pioneers to settle in Manitoba just as its communities opened up for settlement. Unfortunately, James Wharton spent most of his time working to get a nicer home for his wife, and did not have time to return to art when he came to the prairies.
Donna painted the James Wharton drawings based on gallery feedback that color sells and her own preference for color. The first sets done have been done to show the authenticity of the paper near the edges, the second being perhaps easier to frame eliminating paper edges, and the next set will now be colored.
A set of classics has been made with intention of building an exhibition collection. She is aiming to make large file sizes to be used in larger buildings to adorn museums and corporate places.
The second artist profiled is her grandmother Elna Brodie Niccolls, who was a committed family historian and who hand copied 8 or more of her books to give to family for a very meager wage. Elna was an artist, photographer, and writer. Most of her efforts using these skills were for pleasure and for supporting her roles as a wife and mom. She made photographs to record all the family and life moments she wanted to remember forever.
Donna just released an Indian Princess her grandmother originally drew. She restored it, drew in more details, painted it digitally, and prepared it for print. She theorizes that her grandmother saw the First Nations Princesses perform at her day's stampedes: either in Brandon or Moosejaw.
Donna has added her skill to these art restorations by redrawing over faded lines, color enhancing, darkening, and adding to the simpler images to make them appeal to a wider audience. Her favorite James Wharton print is Meeting at the Docks.
The collections you will find here are based on idea concepts: cotton like clouds, sunsets and sunrises, cute houses, birds, events, pastoral scenes (with reflections in water), historical art, people of import to the artist: Elna Brodie Niccolls collection, and James Wharton's collection. Somehow being from Calgary, Donna felt there should be some photos from the Western provinces with her work. She has taken photos during her trip west to collect her grandma's things to fill in the gaps. She hopes you love ducks, horses, cows and mountainscapes. Donna hopes to achieve at least 15 selections per collection, enough to permit someone to have about five matching or concept related prints. Some work is being designed with intent to go with show homes.
Please visit new images at a gallery 'New 2013 Images'.
On your return visit, please visit the gallery displays.
Once my visitors have finished the visit for FAA art, and Donna would certainly not want to interrupt that venture here on Fine Art America, then please visit her on Amazon.com. Donna's author page is: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B0069TK60A
March 23, Pellirojos Writing is offering a free promotional of a children's book, for ages 8-10, for those who visit Kindle and download this book to a Kindle friendly device. The promotion is only 24 hours. Enjoy!
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Please visit my Bugs and Bees Gallery
June 6th, 2012
Please visit the Bees and Bugs gallery in the web link. The story below refers to Donna's ladybug pictures. How does a photographer get this shot? This artist laid on her belly in the grass, while her husband mowed around her. She laid among th...
May 25th, 2012
Please visit Donna's 5 day limited time promotion on her Bee-utiful bee photo. Donna's Bee Picture Promotion - 5 Days By clicking on the web link, you will be directed to Donna's Promotions page. This photo launch also celebrates the recent ...
April 26th, 2012
Visitors, ready for a cat narrative about Lucius the Marble Gray Tabby, lovingly known in my FAA art for being a parkour cat? Here's a song about him. Copy-paste this link in your browser to hear CatMom sing Lulu and her song: http://www.pellir...
Author Donna Munro Releases Two Children
April 21st, 2012
Pellirojos Writing Ltd., of www.pellirojos.com, just released two children’s books to CreateSpace, Amazon.com, and Amazon Kindle. Donna Munro is the author and photographer of these books. These books focus on the natural world. These titles are s...
I've been reflecting on the coming of Easter as a celebration of the wedding between Christ and the Bride for some time. The bride is mankind. So, I've just been made aware of a need in the Phillipines. As I have a great love for mankind, and I want ...
March 29th, 2012
Here are my suggestions for how to frame my image the Uplifted Lily. See the .jpg. I used 2 colors of green for the matte. The image here is about 90 dpi. So, if you think it suites your purposes, download it and think about it for awhile.
Melanie Tweed Lost Her Ducks in the Reeds
November 22nd, 2011
Mrs. Melanie Tweed chooses the Boundary Bay pond in Tsawassen, B.C. as her place for building nests and raising her young. She and Mr. Tweed get neighbours as their choice seems good to other ducks. Mrs. Tweed has taught her ducklings safety strategi...
November 21st, 2011
Donna invites you to this link to see her Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B0069TK60A
Zelda the Bee The Zany Adventures of Zelda the Bee
November 14th, 2011
I invite guests to search for Donna Munro and Zelda the Bee: The Zany Adventures of Zelda the Bee on Amazon Kindle. I released my first book on Remembrance Day. This story includes both fiction and non-fiction texts on Zelda the Bee and a bee's s...
Elna Brodie Niccolls a Lover of Stampede
September 30th, 2011
Elna Brodie Niccolls was a great lover of the Stampede. She went to them when she was young. I did not consolidate theories of her young life, till I had boxes of random things sent to me. I discovered in there a Stampede Dollar inscribed with the na...
July 18th, 2011
At the Calgary Stampede I met Andrew Kiss. He was painting a floral with oil paint. He had a mountainous paint palette which looked like a volcano. Its base was plywood. It was made as his custom base in a size easy to work with. He had earned a ribb...
Where to Go in England For a Classical Experience
July 13th, 2011
I would love to do a trip to England retracing James Wharton's travels as she is convinced that most of these images were his mementoes of a family vacation going from the Great Crosby to the Walmer Castle stopping at the Richmond Bridge on the way. ...
Royal Visit at the BMO Centre a Disappointment
July 9th, 2011
The stop in this image is symbolic for the experience of all the Calgarians who went to the Max Bell Arena to get tickets to attend the Royal occasion hoping to visit Prince William and Princess Kate. There is a large triangle parking lot just behind...
Thinking about Photography - Capturing the Photo Subject
May 10th, 2011
I have decided to reflect on how I capture the photo subjects. When I am setting up a shot, I look for complexities in light, for 3-D layers, for a rich range of colors, for a story, for a photographer-subject connection, for a complex decorative and...
The Road to Happiness The North Hill
May 4th, 2011
For those interested, Elna and Donna's story, "The Road to Happiness: The North Hill" will soon be available for purchase with a target date of June 1, 2011. This is a family history re-fashioned for the public, specifically children--to tell the sto...
May 4th, 2011
For a brief time, I am directing my efforts to releasing a book, so my work on the graphic design and art will cease for two weeks. I will come back to both photography and classics restorations afterward. If you would like to follow my progress,...
Elna Brodie Niccolls Recently Passed Away
May 4th, 2011
It is with great sadness that Donna announces the death of her grandmother Elna Brodie Niccolls. She lived September 23, 1918 to March 17, 2011. She was a light in Donna's life that has been taken away. In a recent trip, Elna was shown her art portfo...
How to Frame Charcoal Sketches for Pubs
April 29th, 2011
For some of the James Wharton pencil sketches, the paper in behind carries a tone (white/light beige) and the nature of the sketch has charcoal grey and black. For one I did as a demonstrator, I put an 1/4 " beige inside matte (matches tones of the ...