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Artist Exhibitions:
SELECTED RECENT EXHIBITS
May 2008, "HORSES IN ART",
Lynda Anderson Galleries,
Locust Valley, NY
August 2007, THE HAMPTON
CLASSIC, Bridgehampton, New
York
July, 2007, ARTIZEN GALLERY,
"Donna B Art", McCall, Idaho
January 2007, THE STATEHOUSE,
CAPITOL, Boise, Idaho
Governor's Collection, Office
of the Governor
February 2007, ST. LUKE'S ...
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Artist Galleries:
Artizen Gallery, McCall, ID.
KREISS Collection, Manhasset,
N.Y.
Dana Gallery, Missoula, MT.
Casa Chic, Southampton, N.Y.
20 North Gallery, Toledo, Ohio
Rustica, Fine Art & Design,
Donnelly, ID.
Nelson & Greene, Scottsdale,
AZ.
Owl 57 Gallery, Woodmere, N.Y.
The Narrow Space Gallery,
Tipperary, Ireland
J. Whitney Gallery,
Southington, CT...
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Artist Reviews:
June, 2008, "TAMARACK LIFE",
Artist Feature
October, 2006,
PHELPSSPORTS.com, Artist
Feature, "The Equine Art of
Donna Bernstein"
April, 2006, Idaho
Statesman, Press Release,
"Boise City Arts Commission,
Boise Airport Art"
January, 2006, Boise Weekly,
Cover Art
November 2004 "McCall
Magazine", Feature Article
August 2004, "Horses in Art"
Magazine Feature, "...
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Collections:
PERMANENT COLLECTION, Idaho
First Bank, McCall, Idaho
PERMANENT COLLECTION, The
NATIONAL ABILITY CENTER, Ranch
Headquarters, Park City, Utah,
USA. Bronze Sculpture, "Buck",
created to honor the horse
that started their
internationally recognized
Horsemanship Therapy Program.
PERMANENT COLLECTION, St.
Luke's Wood River Valley
Memorial Hospital, Ketchum,
Sun Valley, Idaho, USA...
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Commissions:
Commissions and Inquiries are
welcome.
Donna has created many fine
art pieces on a commission
basis, in both two- and
three-dimensional works, with
designers as well as private
clients.
Feel free to contact her via
email through this site, at
donna@RunningWindArt.com, or
by phone at 208-634...
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Artist Statement for Donna Bernstein
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AS A MODERN ARTIST, much of my work is minimal, based on energetic impressions, often through the imagery and simplicty of the equine form, in living color.
Watching horses is as satisfying to me as drawing them. Enjoyment of their musculature and shape, what maintains balance for them as they move, whether slowly grazing across a field or spontaneously bucking on a spring morning. I think I digitize images in my brain somehow, and after I go home I pull out the drawing pads and start to work.
Often monochromatic; suggestive or interpretive, I am profoundly, energetically connected to them. Images distilled from my visual memory are imbued with my own distinct blend of form and abstract stylization. I use vibrant colors and dynamic forms to tell my story. They are my muse.
In other works I am also seduced by the colors and shape of nature. I feel I have become fascinated - possibly obsessed - with pure color and form. Both horizontal and vertical horizons; the sublime movement inherent in color; and the endless landscape that largely becomes self-portraiture.
In clay and sculpture the three-dimensional palette is a natural one for me; I feel I express a clarity not only through the complex equine anatomy, but about their highly sophisticated, emotive elements as well.
Born of this rich visual memory, my images blend a splendid form with both abstract and figurative stylization. In my work I feel I pull upon a deep energetic simplicity, and the natural, accurate action of the horse. Through vibrant colors and dynamic forms, these horses communicate freedom, movement, energy and passion. In clay and sculpture the three-dimensional palette is a natural one for me; I feel I express a clarity not only through their complex athletic anatomy, but about their highly sophisticated, emotive elements as well.
At times the poise of a japanese ink brush takes over me; the purity of asian lines and landscapes - inspired by oriental equines - and fragile calligraphy brush styles emerge. Art that combines a sense of the asian flow and the natural world, and yet often have the feel and texture of fine fabrics.
"MOST RECENTLY, DONNA HAS BEEN HONORED WITH THE PLACEMENT OF HER CONTEMPORARY EQUINE SCULPTURE, "GOSLING", IN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AT THE STATEHOUSE IN BOISE, IDAHO. The piece sits handsomely on the Governor's desk."
I feelseduced by the colors and shape of nature; often fascinated - possibly obsessed - with pure color and form. Both horizontal and vertical horizons; the sublime movement inherent in color; and the endless landscape that largely becomes self-portraiture.
Color is an expansive communicator; shape gives it form and purpose, creating a shared language of subtlety, suggestive gestures, textured simplicity, color both subdued and bold, for both viewer and artist. Articulating my own visual passion this way gives me a great sense of connectedness with my audience.
A native New Yorker, I now live in McCall, Idaho with my husband, Lex, a national level soccer coach, and my three aussie-dog family.
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