Artist Statement

When I think of my art, one word comes to mind: vitality. I believe vitality is the best essence of a human being. Not only do I strive to infuse my artwork with vitality through explosive color and movement, but I also try, through art, to instill myself with vitality -- at least on a good day. Just as we experience joie de vivre when we feel our most vital, so too, do I experience the joy of life when painting, and I intend my paintings to reflect this joy.

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Education

2006
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
MS, Interior Design

1990
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
BA, Philosophy
Dean's List, 1987 and 1988

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Awards & Honors

2022
Honorable Mention, 49 th Annual Robert Ransley Open Juried Art Show
Burlington County Art Guild, Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly, NJ
Juror: Kassem Amoudi

Honorable Mention, Art Blooms
Croft Farm, Cherry Hill, NJ
Jurors: Jenny Graham-Hougah

2021
Honorable Mention, 48th Annual Robert Ransley Open Juried Art Show
Burlington County Art Guild, Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly, NJ
Juror: James Toogood

2019
Award of Excellence, Members and Faculty Exhibition 2019
Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Curator: Philip J. Carroll

2017
Third Place, Perkins Annual Juried Exhibition 2017
Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Juror: Robert Blackson

2016
Juror’s Choice Award, 44th Annual Robert Ransley Open Juried Art Show
Burlington County Art Guild, Inc., Eastampton, NJ
Juror: Phllip J. Carroll, Perkins Center the Arts

2013
Honorable Mention, 40th Annual Robert Ransley Open Juried Art Show
Burlington County Art Guild, Inc., Eastampton, NJ
Juror: Richard Galosy, photographer

Howard Alber Memorial Award, 64th Anniversary Members Juried Exhibition
Philadelphia/Tri State Artists Equity Association, Inc.
Widener University Art Gallery, Chester, PA
Juror: Ellen Priest

2008
Wofsey Award, 28th Annual Faber Birren National Color Award Show
Stamford Art Association. Stamford, CT
Juror: Nora Lawrence

Merit Award, Members and Faculty Annual Art Exhibition
Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Juror: Alan Willoughby

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Collections

Gallaria Deptford, Deptford Municipal Building, Deptford, NJ

LVL North, Philadelphia, PA

MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper, Camden, NJ

Exhibitions

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Solo‍

2019
Donna Sensor Thomas
Cherry Hill Public Library, Cherry Hill, NJ

2017
Geometric Explorations
Palmyra Cove Nature Center, Plamyra, NJ

Donna Sensor Thomas
Vintage Wine Bar & Bistro, Philadelphia, PA

2016
Driven to Geometric Abstraction
About the Art Gallery Space, Mount Holly, NJ

2010
Color, Shape and Pattern
Mount Laurel Library, Mount Laurel, NJ

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Two-person‍

2014
‍Two Approaches to Abstraction: Works by Katy C. Lin and Donna Sensor Thomas
Palmyra Cove Nature Center, Palmyra, NJ

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Group

2024
InLiquid Toasts 25, Off the Wall Gallery at Dirty Franks, Philadelphia, PA

2023
17th Annual Community Fine Arts Show
Chairville Elementary School, Medford, NJ
Chairperson: Brenda A. McCue, M.Ed.

2022
49th Annual Robert Ransley Open Juried Art Show
Burlington County Art Guild, Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly , NJ
Juror: Kassem Amoudi

Members and Faculty Exhibition 2022, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown,
NJ Curator: Sharon Kiefer, Perkins Center for the Arts

Art Blooms 2022 and Fall Into the Arts 2021 joint winners exhibition,
Cherry Hill Library, Cherry Hill, NJ
Jurors: Jenny Graham-Hougah,

“Papers” work, Powell Lane Arts, Collingswood, NJ
Curators: Carol Taylor-Kearney and Caroline Kearney, Powell Lane Arts

Art Blooms 2022, Croft Farm Art Center, Cherry Hill, NJ
Jenny Graham-Hougah, Camden, Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts

2021
Members and Faculty Exhibition 2021, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Curator: Sharon Kiefer, Perkins Center for the Arts

Black & White, Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts, Millville, NJ
Curator: Diane Roberts, Executive Director, Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts

48th Annual Robert Ransley Open Juried Art Show, Burlington County Art Guild, Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly, NJ
Juror: James Toogood, painter, A.W.S., N.W.S, A.A.A and educator, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Continuing Education

Perkins Annual Juried Exhibition, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Juror: Paul Whittle, painter, sculptor

2020
Fall 2020 Juried Exhibition
Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Juror: Henry Bermudez

Grand Opening Exhibition, One For All
Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Parker Jackson

Carbon Snaps
InLiquid + The Yard, Philadelphia, PA

2019
Members and Faculty Exhibition 2019,
Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Curator: Philip J. Carroll

Hatch, InLiquid at Park Towne Place, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Curator: Susanna W. Gold

47th Annual Robert Ransley Open Juried Art Show
Burlington County Art Guild, Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly, NJ
Juror: Jeff Bailey

2018
‍Connections, Members’ Juried Exhibition,
Philadelphia/Tri-State Artists Equity Association, Inc., Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA
Juror: Thora Jacobson

Perkins Annual Open Media Juried Exhibition 2018
Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Juror: Bill Scott

Spring Members’ Juried Exhibition
Philadelphia/Tri-State Artists Equity Association, Inc., John H. Baker Gallery, E. O. Bull Center for the Arts, West Chester University, West Chester, PA
Juror: Kassem Amoudi,

46th Annual Robert Ransley Open Juried Art Show,
Burlington County Art Guild, The Herman T. Costello Lyceum Hall Center for the Arts, Burlington, NJ
Juror: Robert Blackson

Art Blooms Juried Art Exhibit
Croft Farm Arts Center, Cherry Hill, NJ
Jurors: Jenny Graham-Hougah, RJ Haas and Li Qin Tan

Members and Faculty Exhibition 2018
Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Curator: Philip J. Carroll

2017
‍Fall Members' Juried Exhibition
Philadelphia/Tri-State Artists Equity Association, Inc., Wallingford Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA
Juror: Jan Baltzell,

Perkins Annual Juried Exhibition 2017,
Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Juror: Robert Blackson,

45th Annual Robert Ransley Open Juried Art Show
Burlington County Art Guild, The Herman T. Costello Lyceum Hall Center for the Arts, Burlington, NJ
Juror: Jill Rupinski,

Alumni Art Exhibit
Burrison Gallery at the University Club at the Inn at Penn, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Jerry Porter

6th Annual Juried Show
Artists of Yardley, Yardley, PA
Juror: Alice Oh

2016
‍44th Annual Robert Ransley Open Juried Art Show
Burlington County Art Guild, Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly, NJ
Juror: Phllip J. Carroll

Members and Faculty Exhibition 2016
Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Curator: Philip J. Carroll

Alumni Art Exhibit
Burrison Gallery at the University Club at the Inn at Penn, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Jerry Porter

Willingboro Art Alliance 2016 Open Show
Moorestown Library, Moorestown, NJ

2015
Fall Juried Show
Philadelphia/Tri-State Artists Equity Association, Inc., Wallingford Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA
Juror: Michael Gallagher

Creative Tension, A Juried Exhibition
Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Juror: Kirsten M. Jensen

43rd Robert Ransley Juried Art Exhibition
Burlington County Art Guild, Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly, NJ
Juror: Patricia Ingersoll

Alumni Art Exhibit
‍ Burrison Gallery at the University Club at the Inn at Penn, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Jerry Porter

Members and Faculty Exhibition 2015
Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Curator: Philip J. Carroll

8th Annual Community Fine Arts Show
Chairville Elementary School, Medford, NJ
Chairperson: Denise DeAngelis

2014
42nd Robert Ransley Juried Art Exhibition
Burlington County Art Guild, Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly, NJ
Juror: Michael Cagno, Executive Director of the Noyes Museum of Art of Richard Stockton University

Members and Faculty Exhibition 2014
Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Curator: Philip J. Carroll, Perkins Center for the Arts

Group Show, Galleria Deptford
Deptford Municipal Building, Deptford, NJ

7 th Annual Community Fine Arts Show
Chairville Elementary School, Medford, NJ
Chairperson: Gretchen Kalapacs

2013
Annual Summer Members Exhibit, Burlington County Art Guild
Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly, NJ
Mix It Up, Farnsworth Gallery, Bordentown, NJ

41 st Robert Ransley Juried Art Exhibition
Burlington County Art Guild, Smithville Mansion, Eastampton,NJ
Juror: James Kent, ABstract EXpressions Gallery

64 th Anniversary Members Juried Exhibition
Philadelphia/Tri State Artists Equity Association, Inc., Widener University Art Gallery, Chester, PA
Juror: Ellen Priest

2012
32nd Annual Faber Birren National Color Award Show
Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT
Juror: Ian Alteveer

40th Annual Robert Ransley Open Juried Art Show
‍ Burlington County Art Guild, Smithville Mansion, Eastampton, NJ
Juror: Richard Galosy

63rd Anniversary Members Juried Exhibition
John H. Baker Gallery E. O. Bull Center for the Arts, West Chester, PA
Juror: Sande Webster

2011
Members and Faculty Exhibition
Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Curator: Philip J. Carroll, Perkins Center for the Arts

Community Fine Arts Show,
Chairville Elementary School, Medford, NJ

Bendzius Art Gallery
Riverton, NJ (with Theresa Bendzius and Bonnie Charleston-Stevens)

2010
Abstract Encounters
Burlington County College Student Gallery & Art Store, Mount Holly, NJ
Curators: Emily Goehringer

Members Exhibit
Burlington County Art Guild, Virtua Hospital, Mount Holly, NJ

Members and Faculty Exhibition 2010
Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Curator: Philip J. Carroll

Art Blooms Juried Art Exhibit
Croft Farm Arts Center, Cherry Hill, NJ

Samaritan Inpatient Hospice Center Gallery
Virtua Hospital, Mount Holly, NJ (with Theresa Bendziusand Lauren Smith)