The Joy Of Being Alive

Categories: 2015 January-February Issue, Genre, Mixed Media, Portrait, and Sickles, Donna.
Share

Donna Howell-Sickles has been making her way as a fine artist for four decades. She’s earned numerous awards for her paintings and has been inducted into the Cowgirl Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas. But, if you think she’s settled into a comfortable routine, you would be sadly mistaken.
While the past has been pretty darn spectacular, the future for this award-winning artist promises to be more than a little exciting.

Donna Sickles

Soul Searching—The Pick of the Litter
Mixed Media
36″x36″
“You can never have too many dogs or enough protective footwear, albeit the symbolic kind, because you never know where you are going to need to walk, or what you might have to walk through to get there.”

Donna Sickles

Dance With Me
Mixed Media
60″x40″
“I frequently use dance as a metaphor for the ongoing business of day-to-day life. And, in that repetitive daily dance, we can find a deep joy and love for the process and love for the spirit of the animals in our care.”


Share