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2008 Poster


The poster artist is Donne Bitner from Orlando, Florida.

Donne F. Bitner

My paintings are dream-like images intuitively composed in a stream-of-consciousness design.

Symbols of the natural world interplay with abstract forms to give voice to my internal reality.

Thin layers of acrylic are applied to paper, canvas and wood, then embellished with oil pastel and charcoal.

Nothing is planned and process is key. It's painting by discovery!

Biography

I graduated with honors from Penn State University with a degree in Art, studied at the Slade School at the University of London and have been a full-time studio artist for the last 20 years. Currently I am a senior faculty member at Crealde School of Art and maintain a studio at McRae Art Studio in Winter Park.

In 2002 I received a Florida Individual Artist’s Fellowship and in 2004 and in 2007 a Professional Development Grant from United Arts of Central Florida. In 2006 I received a State of Florida Individual Artist Enhancement Grant.  My work has appeared in a variety of publications including American Artist Watercolor Magazine, International Artist, and Watercolor Magic.

I have conducted workshops at the Harris House Annex of the Atlantic Center for the Arts, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Tennessee, Vero Beach Center for the Arts, Rollins College, and the Brevard Museum of Art and Science.

Collections include the Huntsville Museum of Art, Springfield Art Museum, Gulf Coast Center for the Arts, Vero Beach Center for the Arts, Daytona Beach Museum of Arts and Sciences, Rollins College, State of Florida Capital Collection, Holmes Medical Center, Maitland Museum, Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, and the public collections of Atlanta, Orlando, and Melbourne. 

I am a signature member of the National Watercolor Society, the Watercolor USA Honor Society, the Florida and Southern Watercolor Societies.

About my work, which won a Best of Show award at the 2006 Mt. Dora Art Festival, the judges wrote: “Donne Bitner’s work is complex.  The images are layered with textures that mesh to give her works a unique voice which makes its own statement.  Her visual strength is beautifully connected to the best of contemporary art”.

Please stop by and visit Donnie in booth number #257

The Poster was designed by Glen Perotte of Tampa’s International Academy of Design & Technology.

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