Donna M. Ballman, P.A.

04/18/2026

My latest painting. Basilisk Water Taxi. Yes, I am fully retired from law.

08/05/2025

I’m quoted in this Huffington Post piece about bosses calling after hours

The president's employees may be stuck, but fortunately for you, there are work-savvy and even legal strategies you can use to fight back.

06/26/2025

My painting Kaleidoscopic Joy is now available as a giclee print, as it was selected to appear in an online gallery! Giclee makes it look like an original painting. Can be printed on canvas or paper.

16" X 20" Choice of: Archival pigment-based ink printed on stretched canvas Archival pigment-based ink printed on paperHandsigned cheetah, colorful, jungle

06/24/2025

My painting Hippo’s Fantasy is now available as a giclee print, as it was selected to appear in an online gallery! Giclee makes it look like an original painting. Can be printed on canvas or paper.

16" X 20" Choice of: Archival pigment-based ink printed on stretched canvas Archival pigment-based ink printed on paperHandsigned hippo, pool, funny, drink,

06/23/2025

My painting Cheetah’s Paradise is now available as a giclee print, as it was selected to appear in an online gallery! Giclee makes it look like an original painting. Can be printed on canvas or paper.

16" X 20" Choice of: Archival pigment-based ink printed on stretched canvas Archival pigment-based ink printed on paperHandsignedcheetah, colorful, jungle

06/22/2025

Some of my paintings have been selected for an online gallery! You can buy giclee prints of them. I may have some originals up later but these are my favorites that have special places at home.

Giclee prints are cool because really look like originals.

“Each artwork has been scanned in at the highest quality to maintain the details, color-corrected to assure a continuity with the originals, and archived.
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Each giclée print is printed locally with a high-quality printer on either canvas or paper, varnish coated and stretched as needed.”

Donna Ballman is a retired employee-side employment attorney who has used oil painting as a means to destress for the past 7 years. She claims it is better and cheaper than therapy. While she has always engaged in creative endeavors, it was her daughters who got her started in oil painting. She had....

05/05/2025

Thank goodness for sanity prevailing.

While the bill cleared the Florida House, the Senate failed to advance it ahead of session's end.

04/29/2025

Just dropped my painting Jurassic Parrot at NSU for the Mirrored Realities Exhibition starting May 15. I hope to see you at the opening reception but, if you miss it, the Exhibition is going to be up through June 15.

The exhibition is free, but bring your wallets and buy some art if you can. It’s a fundraiser for NSU.

04/22/2025

I’m quoted in this Huffington Post piece about red flags in job interviews

These are major workplace red flags you shouldn't ignore.

03/28/2025

My painting Iguana’s Winter Fantasy was chosen for the Galleria’s Bloom Exhibition celebrating Earth Day!

Come join us at the opening reception on April 24, 5:30-7:30. Tickets are free.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bloom-art-exhibition-at-galleria-fort-lauderdale-tickets-1302301933139

03/26/2025

Never forget the Triangle Shirtwaist fire.