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	Contact Us BIOGRAPHY Kathryn Donatelli is a self designed mural painter, portrait artist and book illustrator. She has designed, painted and installed over a dozen Private, Corporate and Public murals. has been commissioned to paint more than 300 portraits and has recently been illustrating children's books and selling her original watercolors. The most notable of her Corporate Mural projects was a commission to paint a 258 foot long mural for the Metropolitan Water District construction fence in 1996. The project entitled, "The Story of Water" involved designing the mural, teaching and directing 30 Senior art students from Woodrow Wilson High School in East L.A. Another large mural that Donatelli was commissioned to paint came from the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department. A one thousand square foot mural inside of the Lynwood County Jail depicting scenes such as the raising of the flag at Iwo Jima, the Vietnam Memorial, Desert Storm, a Navel Academy drill exercise and fireman raising the flag at the site of the World Trade Center, among others, was designed and painted by Kathryn and 13 inmates that assisted her. The site of the mural is in a special module that housed Veterans of the United States Armed Forces. Sheriff Baca presented Kathryn with a certificate from the Sheriff’s Department recognizing her attention to detail and inspiring and uplifting incarcerated Veterans. Her portraits have shown in 8 juried exhibitions in Los Angeles, New Jersey and New York City. Her selected client list of portrait commissions include: Joseph Caligheri, ret. vice pres. of the Litton Corp; Jo Marie Payton, actor; Glynn Turman, actor; Dick O’Neill, actor; and David and Elaine Marmel. Benefits that Kathryn donated custom portraits to, by invitation, include: The Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund; City of Hope; American Heart Association; California African-American Museum of Art; and Stop Cancer, the annual Tom Bosley Celebrity Golf and Tennis Championship. Since 2002 she has contributed her original hand painted ceiling murals, wall murals and borders to 5 different Design and Showcase Houses in Pasadena and Hancock Park. Summary Fine Artist, Illustrator and Graphic Designer with outstanding skills and substantial experience in all aspects of painting mediums(oils, acrylics, watercolor, graphite, charcoal and pastel) and genres, (portrait, landscape, still life and abstracts), Magazine and Book formats, wall murals, specialty finishes and artistic elements of Interior Design. Interested in Fantasy, Mystery and Science Fiction as well as Expressionism, Modernism, Romantic and Figurative Realism. Specialties Watercolor Portraits, Watercolor Landscapes, Pastel Portraits, Fresco Portraits on Plaster, Wall Murals, Canvas Panels, Illustrations in Ink, Watercolor, Graphite and Charcoal, Stone finishes, Wood Grain finishes. \| Contact Us \| \| Return Home \| Artistic Portraits \| Mural Commissions \| Illustration /Design \| Panels & Borders \| Still/Life Landscape \| Faux Finishes \| Guest Book \| Artist's Profile \| Donatelli's Blog \|