~~Donna Teleis was born in Aiken, South Carolina. She moved to Wilmington, Delaware, with her family in 1966, where she still lives and does her artwork in a basement studio. Most of Donna’s training has been in the form of attendance at various workshops and evening classes. Ms. Teleis has attended classes at the Center for Creative Arts in Hockessin, Delaware, and has also traveled to workshops at the American Academy of Equine Art in Lexington, Kentucky.
While her main interest is the Equine image, Donna has also been commissioned to paint portraits of pets and of homes. While Donna’s painting style tends to realism, she likes to show the viewer the amazing and unexpected variety of colors in each subject. When she is drawing, Donna wants to capture the expression and character of her subjects.

Donna is also a certified Mneme Therapist® as a member of the Art Without Boundaries organization™

Juried Shows

2001 Regional Fine Arts Exhibition: October 5-26, Center for Creative Arts, Yorklyn, Delaware. 
Juror – Patricia Moshanko

2002 Regional Fine Arts Exhibition: October 4-25, Center for Creative Arts, Yorklyn, Delaware
Juror – Martha Caruthers

2004 Regional Fine Arts Exhibiton: October 8 – 29, Center for Creative Arts, Yorklyn, Delaware
Juror – Peter Kaplan

Still Life: 2004, Banana Factory, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

2006 Regional Fine Arts Exhibition: October 6- 27, Center for Creative Arts, Yorklyn, Delaware
Jurors – Paul Andreas, Kalliopie Mihalo-Rojas

Red-The Primary Color: June 8 – 30, 2007, The Big Picture, Hockessin, Delaware

2007 Regional Fine Arts Exhibition: October 5 – 26, Center for Creative Arts, Yorklyn, Delaware
Juror – James Lecky

2008 Regional Fine Arts Exhibition: October 3 – 31, Center for Creative Arts, Yorklyn, Delaware

2014 Regional Exhibition - November 21 - December 19, Center for Creative Arts, Yorklyn, Delaware

Memories: September 4 – October 3,  2009, Newart Arts Alliance

Group Exhibitions

2003 Members Exhibition: April 4 – 25, Center for Creative Arts, Yorklyn, Delaware

2004 Members Exhibition: April 2 – 23, Center for Creative Arts, Yorklyn, Delaware

2007 Members Exhibition: April 13 – May 11, Center for Creative Arts, Yorklyn, Delaware

2008 Members Exhibition: April 4 – 25, Center for Creative Arts, Yorklyn, Delaware

2013  Members Exhibition  with PAPMA (Plein Air Painters of the Mid Atlantic)

2014 Delaware Byways and Treasures Exhibition, by Plein Air Painters of the Mid-Atlantic

Solo Exhibitions

 June 29 – August 7, 2009 – “Colors and Expressions”, Burrison Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.

Awards
Technical Merit Award: 2003 Members Show – April 4 – 25, Center for Creative Arts, Yorklyn, Delaware. 
Juror – Donna Neithammer

Third Place, Student Division: 2007 Members Exhibition, Center for Creative Arts, Yorklyn, Delaware
Juror – Donna Cusano

First Place: Red-The Primary Color, The Big Picture, Hockessin, Delaware
Juror – Larry Anderson

Scholarships
American Academy of Equine Art – student scholarship, 2001