Painted Ladys Gallery ~*~ Donna LaConte, Artist.

07/05/2025

Walked with Brody and I think our trees are trying to tease me 🍁😍 and first blueberry haul! 🏃🏻‍♀️🐶

03/31/2025

01/19/2025

Oh my gosh😍I would love to have this for my art studio. 🎨What do you think?

12/29/2024

✨20 Tips for a POSITIVE New Year✨

✨1. Stay Positive and FAITHful. You can listen to the cynics and doubters and believe that success is impossible or you can trust that with faith and an optimistic attitude all things are possible.

✨2. Take a morning walk of gratitude. I call it a “Thank You Walk.” It will create a fertile mind ready for success.

✨3. Make your first meal the biggest and your last meal the smallest. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.

✨4. Zoom Focus. Each day when you wake up in the morning ask: “What are the three most important things I need to do today that will help me create the success I desire?” Then tune out all the distractions and focus on these actions.

✨5. Talk to yourself instead of listening to yourself. Instead of listening to your complaints, fears and doubts, talk to yourself and feed your mind with the words and encouragement you need to keep moving forward.

✨6. Remember that adversity is not a dead-end but a detour to a better outcome.

✨7. Don’t chase dollars or success. Decide to make a difference and build meaningful relationships and success will find you.

✨8. Get more sleep. You can’t replace sleep with a double latte.

✨9. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip, energy vampires, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in your purpose, people and the positive present moment.

✨10. Mentor someone and be mentored by someone.

✨11. Live with the 3 E’s. Energy, Enthusiasm, Empathy.

✨12. Remember there’s no such thing as an overnight success. There’s no substitute for hard work.

✨13. Believe that everything happens for a reason and expect good things to come out of challenging experiences.

✨14. Implement the No Complaining Rule. Remember that if you are complaining, you’re not leading.

✨15. Read more books than you did in 2023.

✨16. Don’t seek happiness. Instead decide to live with passion and purpose and happiness will find you.

✨17. Focus on “Get to” vs “Have to.” Each day focus on what you get to do, not what you have to do. Life is a gift not an obligation.

✨18. Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements:

I am thankful for __________.
Today I accomplished____________.

✨19. Smile, laugh and exercise more. They are natural anti-depressants.

✨20. Enjoy the ride. You only have one ride through life so make the most of it and enjoy it.

(thanks JG!) 🏃🏻‍♀️🏠

12/25/2024

….Merry Blessed Christmas All!🎄✨🐶🐶💃🏻🕺🏻

12/05/2024

Y’all I did these many many years ago for my Grammy.🩷🐈🐈‍⬛When she passed I took them home and then they made the trek from Florida to North Carolina. They are now going to become part of a permanent installation at the Cat museum here in Sylva!😃💕 I decided to donate them, and I know Grammy would be happy with this🥰🎨

Painted Ladys Gallery ~*~ Donna LaConte, Artist.

08/17/2024

Cute!😍🎨 Inspiration for a “rustic” feel for my future “ART Studio” ! Will have much larger windows and a porch.

06/30/2024

A portrait I painted of 💕BeBe💕 when she was little. We still miss this little cutie so much! And Ozzy 🐶🐶🩷🩷

Painted Ladys Gallery ~*~ Donna LaConte, Artist.

06/27/2024

👏🏼💯😆 !