Testimonials:

‘I love criticism just so long as it’s unqualified praise.’

Noel Coward

‘Donna Louise Irvine is truly one of my favorite artists on Instagram. She is a talented artist who captures nature and landscapes with the eye of an expert but also one who cherishes its majesty. I am blown away by her expression of light and color. She takes it a step further by showing us her humanity as well. I love the person behind the artist as much. I enjoy the painting she sent to me all the way to California very much because it has a piece of her heart in it.’

Jodie Gualco, California

‘Donna used a simple photograph I took of the sun above a lake to turn into a fantastic and dramatic reinterpretation of the scene, using moody colours and textures to create this soulful painting that now hangs with pride in our home. She has a unique style and is the only non-classic or famous artist I have an active interest in following, although I’m sure the non-famous status won’t last forever.’

Brendon Lancaster, London

‘I love my painting, ‘Vanquish’ which Donna painted using a photo I had posted on Instagram as inspiration. I was so delighted that she chose to paint my photo and even more delighted when my daughter Josie arranged to buy it for my birthday! The painting is of a view I love and it’s a familiar and regular scene when either walking or driving to my home. The painting hangs pride of place in my sitting room and is well loved. Thank you so much for painting it. It captures the elements in Shetland perfectly and is truly beautiful.’

Janet Nisbet, Shetland

‘It truly is an honor to have this hanging in my home office where I spend hours each day. Every day it brings a smile to my face and draws me in to the place I love so much. A place among the trees and sun. Thank you, Donna.’

Rick Tyler, Maryland

‘My painting is, ‘The Glen of Weeping’, a title which I think perfectly conveys the place’s melancholy and solitude it radiates. To me it always feels bittersweet being there which is a feeling reflected in Donna’s painting. In the end however, I’m never sad looking at it because I feel a sort of freedom imagining standing in that landscape all by myself hearing nothing but the wind sweeping the vast scenery and maybe carrying voices telling its tale from the past in beautiful Gaelic ballads. I’d describe the painting as majestic, powerful, otherworldly, caring, and proud.’

Florian Hoeh, Germany

‘I still have the painting in my bedroom and it is just for me. Thanks again, you did a fantastic job.’

Neil Williamson, Derby

‘I so treasure my beautiful Nancy Mitford inspired painting. A very precious and meaningful possession, which I feel very lucky to own!’

Laura Thompson, London

‘If you are buying from an independent artist

you are buying more than just a painting or a novel or a song.

You are buying hundreds of hours of experimentation and thousands of failures.

You are buying days, weeks, months,

years of frustration and

moments of pure joy.

You are buying nights of worry about paying the rent, having enough money to feed the children, the birds, the dog.

You aren’t just buying a thing, you are buying a piece of heart, part of a soul, a private moment in someone’s life.

Most importantly

you are buying the artist

more time to do something

they are truly passionate about;

something that makes

all the above

worth the fear and the doubt;

something that

puts the

life into the living.

Rebekah Joy Plett

(But I really wish it was me that wrote this!)