Donna Massey

Donna is an established full-time artist living and working in Riverhead, New Zealand. Her artworks are easily recognized for their vibrant crisp images and bold colours. Oil paint is her medium of choice, using the transparent/opaque qualities this paint offers. Her paintings are made up of many layers, she usually has about 14 works on the go at any one time, allowing each layer to dry before applying the next. She uses only artist quality paints and NZ made hand stretched canvases.

Donna is madly passionate about the outdoors, in particular, the ocean, and is always keen on an adventure. These activites often take her to destinations that transpire onto canvas. She has caught a marlin, dived the Poor Knights, been hunting on the Chatham Islands, done several parachute jumps and white water rafting trips. Road trips are big on her agenda..."New Zealand has so many beautiful places to paint, but I also love discovering old shacks, fishing boats and the like...there are history and stories surrounding these things that bring them to life."

Donna has exhibited extensively and has paintings in private and corporate collections throughout New Zealand and worldwide.

She has won many awards and has had work reproduced in cal...

Largely self taught
89% for School certificate art

Easter show art awards April 2014
Ponsonby cruising club exhibition May 2014
The Original Art Sale May 2014
Matakana Gallery group exhibition May 2014
Hibiscus Hospice exhibition at The Estuary gallery Orewa June 2014
Single Artist Wall the The NZ Art Show July 2014
Carmel College exhibition Sept 2014