INSPIRATION FOR
SELF PORTRAIT SERIES
To some degree, every painting is a self-portrait. However, those paintings all represent some aspect of me that jumped straight onto the canvas with no thought and full of energy and motion.
"WHIMSY"
I painted this piece as I thought about three women that I met in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico that I regard as my "gypsy sisters" and the fun we had together. For me, PV was a town of chaos and joy, and within that energy, I felt centered and grounded.
On a gorgeous Sun Valley day, I painted outside. Children were playing in the yard and would run over occasionally to see my progress. As I painted, their make-believe games and laughter made their way into the painting. I began to paint in funny faces and such.
As I finished, one child ran away shouting, "Mommy, come look! --- "Donna has created a masterpiece!"
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WHIMSY 36x48
$ 5600 Acrylic on Recycled Canvas
"FINDING HOME"
was an "assignment from Susan, one of those gypsy friends. She said, "paint a window to your soul, and start in the upper right corner with green."
This piece was perhaps the most difficult for me in terms of finding my way, hence the title which is taken from one of my poems. The under-layer is covered with lines from several of my poems written between 2000-2010.
After several false starts and paint overs, it was "Finding Home" that guided me to complete this piece.
The poem is written on the back in full, as well as around the bordering frame as shown.
