Donna LaHuePainter, Port Angeles
"The visuals and culture of the Northwest are reflected in the abstract landscapes and wild inhabitants that are subjects I choose to explore."
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Blue Tango 2
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Crane Dance
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Ice Out
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Snow on the Salish Sea
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Artist Statement
"Until recently a resident of Big Sky, Montana, I now live and work on the Olympic Peninsula near Port Angeles, Washington. Overlooking the Straits of Juan de Fuca and backed up to rugged mountains I have found new sources for creative work. The visuals and culture of the Northwest are reflected in the abstract landscapes and wild inhabitants that are subjects I choose to explore. Using a palette of intense and contrasting color to describe ruffled feathers against a riotous sky may be followed by a more subtle touch in a quiet landscape. This diversity of approach and application helps to keeps the work fresh and approachable.
For most of the last decade I have focused on subjects depicted in oil on canvas and, more recently, gold leaf on glass. Applying familiar and iconic forms, I try to describe the essential character of a species or the drama of place in a clean and elegant composition. Shapes are distilled and detail only suggested. My work is an attempt to strike a balance between hard edged abstraction and a softer more figurative representation."
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"Until recently a resident of Big Sky, Montana, I now live and work on the Olympic Peninsula near Port Angeles, Washington. Overlooking the Straits of Juan de Fuca and backed up to rugged mountains I have found new sources for creative work. The visuals and culture of the Northwest are reflected in the abstract landscapes and wild inhabitants that are subjects I choose to explore. Using a palette of intense and contrasting color to describe ruffled feathers against a riotous sky may be followed by a more subtle touch in a quiet landscape. This diversity of approach and application helps to keeps the work fresh and approachable.
For most of the last decade I have focused on subjects depicted in oil on canvas and, more recently, gold leaf on glass. Applying familiar and iconic forms, I try to describe the essential character of a species or the drama of place in a clean and elegant composition. Shapes are distilled and detail only suggested. My work is an attempt to strike a balance between hard edged abstraction and a softer more figurative representation."
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