Don was born in Pittsburgh, PA. He received a bachelor's degree in advertising design from the Rochester Institute of Technology and a master's degree in printmaking from Wayne State University. He worked in Detroit ad agencies for over 30 years where he became the head art director on General Motors Corporate, Pontiac, Mr. Goodwrench, Budd and Dow Agricultural accounts.

Don and his wife Joyce, moved to Hilton Head in 1986. He became a freelance graphic designer until his retirement in 1998. He has received several awards from local and national art director's clubs, including the New York Art Director's Club and a Cleo award for television.

Don works on Art Spectrum sanded pastel paper and does an underpainting, with complementary colors using hard pastel and alcohol. He builds up the color and values with NuPastel and finishes with various soft pastels. His paintings hang in private and corporate collections and have received awards from regional and national pastel societies.

Joyce and Don have made several group painting trips to France and Italy. They have teamed up to give exciting duo workshops called “Two Points of View … or there's more than one way to look at a landscape.” The students learn a variety of techniques to help them gain insight and develop their own style of pastel painting. Their most recent workshop was held in Nairobi, Kenya.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: Southeastern Pastel Society, Member of Excellence, Atlanta • Degas Pastel Society, New Orleans • Hilton Head Plantation Artists • past board member and gallery director of the Art League Gallery of Hilton Head.

PRESENT GALLERY AFFILIATIONS: Mary Bell Galleries, Chicago • Morris/Whiteside's Red Piano Art Gallery, Hilton Head Island • Art League Gallery of Hilton Head

RECENT MAJOR ART SHOWS & AWARDS: Hilton Head Art League National Juried Show • Hilton Head "Evening of the Arts" Exhibitor • Hilton Head Plantation Artists • Southeastern Pastel Society • Pastel Society of America • 2 person show with wife Joyce at Morris-Whiteside's Red Piano Gallery • International Artist Magazine and "100 Ways to Paint a Landscape"

GICLEE PRINTS: offered of several different images on 140 lb., Cranes Museo, image size approximately 13.5 x 9.5, matted for 16 x 20 frame. (contact listed below)

INSTRUCTOR: workshops & demos • Art League of Hilton Head National Workshop Program • Southeastern Pastel Society • Glynn County Art Assoc. • Ocean Reef Club Art Assoc. • St. Julians Conference Center, Nairobi, Kenya • adult art class since 2000, Art League Academy of Hilton Head

DON NAGEL - 6 Honey Locust Circle, Hilton Head Island, SC, 29926
Telephone (843) 681-6449    e-mail: dfnagel@aol.com