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THE WORK OF DANA DONATY,
SHOWN AT THE
"THE ARTISTS OF ART SALON: A COLLECTIVE DIALOGUE" EXHIBITION
DANA DONATY HAS PRESENTED AT THE FOLLOWING ART SALONS:
Click/Tap an entry to learn more about their Salon presentation
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Phone: 561-504-3374
E-MAIL ME AT: ddrocks@mac.com
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MEDIUMS EXPLORED:
painting, sculpture
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ARTISTS STATEMENT
Memories of being raised by a strict father in a waste not environment have set the means to each new creation, beginning each piece simultaneously as the previous is completed. Using a virgin canvas as a cleaning surface for brushes & palettes, the random smears of color dictate the content of each new painting. Through analyzing these Rorschach like blots, figurative characters are formed and emerge from the abstract primordial ooze. This form of process-based figuration is used to compose, while the larger than life human figures are dictated by the amount of negative space remaining. This mash up of classical portraiture and process based exploration is derived through a conversation between right and left brain. The left is rooted in "classic" painting while the right needs to explore and allows chance & happenstance space to prevail. A surreal twist of fate exists as human and fictitious beings, sometimes represented by recognizable characters operate together in an expanse of colorful dialogue. To experience each piece is an act of allowing one's mind to run wild, granting room to create through pareidolia what may have never been noticed before. Moments that can be found in our everyday lives are transposed upon the canvas, elevating them from existing as just a face in the clouds to being in colloquy with the history of painting. Randomness can coexist with planned execution as we see each day, but only if we allow it the breadth to do so. |
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| Top Dog |
| 48" x 60" |
| acrylic |
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$6500.
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| Glurpee |
| 34" x 10" |
| foam, metal & mixed media sculpture |
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THIS WORK IS NOT FOR SALE
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