DonnaBellas Angels

08/06/2026

Thoughts on Conversations for Creating a Better Community

Thoughts on how to find courage in creating a better community through conversations and using your creativity...

Thoughts on how to find courage in creating a better community through conversations and using your creativity

02/15/2026

DonnaBellas Angels donated art royalty use to the Carol G. Simon Cancer Center. They used the art to create cancer patient and caregiver wellness tip cards with messages of hope and encouragement using art from the word art painting series.

Non-profit DonnaBellas Angels allows art royalty use of its art that is part of its mission to provide inspirational art for mental health wellness to the public community.

11/13/2025

November 13th is World Kindness Day! In a world where you can be anything, choose to be kind.

11/16/2024

I travel for my work which takes me all over the U.S. I had a Facebook memory pop up from 9 years ago in November 2015 and wanted to share it.

“I am always impressed at how a small act can be meaningful to one person and spread on to others.

Today, I worked in Tampa and then flew home. I was working on my computer and had the image of one of my abstract art paintings showing. The Southwest flight attendant really liked it and asked me about my art. I said I gave up abstracts for angels and showed her DonnaBellas Angels.

She told me how she lost her mom to breast cancer. She noted that many Southwest coworkers had cancer and wanted to hand out framed DonnaBellas Angels art prints to them. I gave her a stack of DonnaBellas Angels postcards I had on me. During the flight, she passed them on to other flight attendants and another passenger who is a cardiologist at the Mayo Clinic Scottsdale. She came back to tell me how she was sharing them and telling them about DonnaBellas Angels. The flight attendant said she was going to email me about getting more art to share.

I later found out the news about the attacks in Paris. In honoring the victims, I would like to request that anyone who reads this thinks about practicing a small act of kindness to others. You never know what it may mean to someone else to receive it and help make this world a brighter, kinder place to live in and share. The “Faith, Hope, Love” image was on some of the postcards that I passed to the flight attendant, who in turn gave them to others."

I travel with art print cards because I never know when moments for connection and healing might happen. I wanted to share this story because my hope in having the upcoming kindness campaign is to help others have their own moments too in spreading kindness.

As for the launch status of the campaign, I am still working on getting the videos together.

Thank You,
Laurel Latto
Artist & Founder of DonnaBellas Angels

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https://donnabellasangels.org/blog/2024/11/15/memories-of-kindness-and-art-on-southwest-airlines-flight/

11/09/2024

For all those discouraged with fear by actions of hate, please keep shining your light. Hate is learned. Your light is an example that others can follow and learn not only what love looks like but how to practice love by witnessing your example.

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

11/02/2024

I thought I would share a few art pieces from my sketchbook. I am a fan of cats. I love how they can snuggle together for a nap with contorted bodies and blissful expressions. As they breathe calmly, the cats' energy appears peaceful to me. It makes me think of love merging with depictions of atomic energy that show a nucleus with electrons in constant radiating orbits around it.

I used that as inspiration for the cat nap sketch below for "Give and Receive Love." The cats support each other while napping in a sustaining loop of snuggle love shown by the radiating hearts. When I am sick or caring for a loved one, it reminds me of the blessing of having a caring community to help you on the healing journey.

If you have any thoughts or ideas about the art and messaging, please comment and share your insights.

Thank You,
Laurel Latto
Artist & Founder of DonnaBellas Angels

DonnaBellas Angels Motto: "Medicine Heals the Body, Art Heals the Soul"

https://donnabellasangels.org/blog/2024/11/02/finding-your-way-to-hope-with-life-detours/

09/10/2024

An angel painting featuring the Serenity Prayer was donated to Family Medicine of Vincennes. DonnaBellas Angels offers this inspirational art, alongside various related merchandise, to support their non-profit mental health wellness mission. Serenity prayer art can be purchased online....

An angel painting featuring the Serenity Prayer was donated to Family Medicine of Vincennes. DonnaBellas Angels offers this inspirational art, alongside various related merchandise, to support their non-profit mental health wellness mission. Serenity prayer art can be purchased online.

09/08/2024

The "Colorful Cancer Angel" painting featuring the poem "What Cancer Cannot Do" was donated to the University of Arizona Cancer Center. The artwork, rendered in acrylic with vibrant rainbow hues, has deeply moved cancer survivors. Regan, a mother and cancer survivor, expressed her profound gratitude for receiving an art print of the painting....

The "Colorful Cancer Angel" painting featuring the poem "What Cancer Cannot Do" was donated to the University of Arizona Cancer Center. The artwork, rendered in acrylic with vibrant rainbow hues, has deeply moved cancer survivors. Regan, a mother and cancer survivor, expressed her profound gratitude...

09/02/2024

The Kindness Art Challenge is progressing and will launch in the fall instead of summer. The challenge features digital art, printable greeting cards, DIY art cards with instructional videos, and professional printing options on Zazzle. The collection includes various products like cards, magnets, and mugs, and invites community feedback....

The Kindness Art Challenge is progressing and will launch in the fall instead of summer. The challenge features digital art, printable greeting cards, DIY art cards with instructional videos, and professional printing options on Zazzle. The collection includes various products like cards, magnets, a...

08/19/2024

"Feel My Beauty Pink Cancer Angel" painting was donated to the Mays Cancer Center in San Antonio, Texas. This multi-media artwork features an abstract pink angel symbolizing love and hope through its colors and accompanying "Feel My Beauty" poem, reflecting themes of choosing positivity and resilience amid cancer challenges....

"Feel My Beauty Pink Cancer Angel" painting was donated to the Mays Cancer Center in San Antonio, Texas. This multi-media artwork features an abstract pink angel symbolizing love and hope through its colors and accompanying "Feel My Beauty" poem, reflecting themes of choosing positivity and resilien...