The reduction woodcut Log Pile will be exhibited in an upcoming show at Arts Benicia entitled Forma Natura: Nature as Source, juried by Alicia Escott, interdisciplinary artist and founding member of 100 Days Action. The show will have a public opening reception on Saturday, January 25, 2025, from 4 to 6 p.m., and will run through March 2.
Arts Benicia
1 Commandant’s Lane, Benicia, CA 94510
Open Thursdays through Sundays, 1 to 5 p.m., during the run of the exhibit
Donna’s reduction woodcut Out of the Woods has been accepted into the International ROOTS Art Project by Bay Area artists and founders, Marguerite Elliot and Elizabeth Addison. The project’s focus is connecting women artists from nearly a dozen nations who focus on the natural world and the environment. A print catalog is expected in 2025.
Since moving to the Bay area, trees have been a central theme in Donna’s work, with the patterns of bark being a particular inspiration. She is drawn to this more intimate inspection through daily walks with her dog. It occurred to her to try to drypoint maps of these walks to print on top of the bark reduction woodcuts. This stochastic imagery has become an intriguing new direction, an example of which can be seen in the show Between Us and the Trees, curated by John Greco, at the Center for the Arts Eagle Rock.
Exhibition Dates: April 1 through April 27, 2023
Opening Reception & Awards Ceremony: April 1 from 3 to 6 p.m.
Center for the Arts Eagle Rock
2225 Colorado Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90041
