Donnave
Lindsey graduated from Auburn University (the A.P.I.) in art in 1941.
Two years later, she went to New York City to study with the Art Students'
League with Reginald Marsh and Rene` Bouche`. She worked in commercial
art for about thirty years doing layouts for newspaper advertising,
and pen and ink illustrations for Fawcett Publications, with a four-year
stay in Los Angeles where she worked in the Art Department of the
May Company department stores. She kept up in fine art by continuing
to do watercolor portraits for friends and family. In 1974, she retired
to Montgomery and devoted herself to painting.
She
joined the Montgomery Art Guild. In 1979, while she was president
of Montgomery's Society of Arts & Crafts, she became one of the founders
of SAC's Gallery and has held the position of Managing Director of
SAC's for the past twenty years. Besides managing the gallery, she
also teaches classes in portraits and watercolor and continues to
take special portrait orders. She has exhibited in numerous juried
shows, winning many ribbons and special awards.