Texas Color

Start date: Friday, June 8, 2007
Event is ongoing: Until Saturday, June 30, 2007

Donna Walker studies the Texas landscape as inspiration for her oil paintings. She uses vivid colors thickly applied with palette knife and brush to capture the large Texas vistas as well as the quieter moments of farm animals roaming through pastures. She starts with a scene and then plays with colors and composition to enhance the drama of the painting. Donna lays out broad sweeps of flat, bright paint that create a balance between loose brushstrokes and controlled edges. Donna also looks to the city of Fort Worth for painting ideas: sightseers wandering downtown, couples eating at a local restaurant, ladies shopping… In public spaces she captures the private moment.
Biography

Donna Walker has been commissioned to create paintings for many local clients including the Fort Worth Club, BNSF Railway, and Samaritan House. She was recently a finalist for the prestigious Hunting Art prize in Houston. Donna lives and paints in Fort Worth. She grew up in Indiana and has a Masters degree in printmaking from the University of Michigan. Donna has always drawn and painted and looked for creative jobs in the arts. She has been an assistant art conservator on several mural projects over the years including the conservation of the Dallas Fair Park murals.

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