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PAUL DONALDSON
September 7 – October 8, 2016


Paintings

Painting allows me to live a contemplative solitary life.  The construction of each image is a tortuous, overlong inquiry which requires my complete presence.  Infinite postulations, mostly unsuccessful potshots, final congeal.  I begin with a pile of photos and drawings, a nebulous notion and faithfully, stroke by stroke, row towards land.

As Lao Tse said, "I have just three things to teach, simplicity, patience and compassion, these are the greatest treasures."

Borderfield Park Family, 2014-16, acrylic on canvas, 48 x 44"
Borderfield Park Family, 2014-16, acrylic on canvas, 48 x 44"

 

 
 

City Park Street Scene, Tijuana, 2014-16, acrylic on canvas, 46 x 36
City Park Street Scene, Tijuana, 2014-16, acrylic on canvas, 46 x 36"

Avenue of the Birds, 2014-16, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 48"
Avenue of the Birds, 2014-16, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 48"
   

 

 

 

 

 Street Scene, Rosarito Beach, 2014-16, acrylic on canvas, 54 x 36"
Street Scene, Rosarito Beach, 2014-16, acrylic on canvas, 54 x 36"		  
Bridge, 2014-16, acrylic on canvas, 62 x 48"
Bridge, 2014-16, acrylic on canvas, 62 x 48"
 
 


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