"I view my work as an ongoing process of search, and self-examination. I am interested in the passage of time, and what remains. I explore the effects of time on memory, identity and nature. My work is a reflection of the transient cycle of life. With the passage of time there is a transience depicted with traces, recollections, faded memory, and layers. There is also an enduring permanence to the recurring cycle. I hope my work is an expression of the personal within the univeral, the cycle further completed when the viewer brings his/her own piece of history to the meaning of the painting. Even though every being is alone and separate, there is also a universal connection that is necessary for survival.

I use acrylic paint with textured papers, digital images, graphite drawings, rusty metal, weathered wood and fabric. I layer paint, scratching and rubbing into the layers, leaving a residue of marks much like the themes I am trying to convey.

Donna Watson is a signature member of the American Watercolor Society, the National Watercolor Society and the Northwest Watercolor Society. She is also a member of the Women Painters of Washington. She has won numerous awards in national juried exhibitions as well as best of show awards. She has articles and paintings published in American Artist magazine, The Artist Magazine, Watercolor and Watercolor Magic magazines.

Donna has experience as a juror and workshop instructor at the national level and Canada. She has been juror and/or workshop instructor for the National Watercolor Society, Watercolor Society of Oregon, Florida Watercolor Society, Ottawa Mixed Media Artists, Ohio Creativity Seminar, and National Watercolor Oklahoma to name a few.