ARTIST STATEMENT
Donna (Boudreau) Mancini
Painting is my key to the secret garden, my way down the rabbit hole, my looking glass.
My passion for art and travel allows me to explore different cultures and
together they bring out my creativity and enable me to become the person I
struggled so hard to find, my true self.
My work can be as lively as fire or very subtle and dramatic. I like the textures that move across my
surfaces to be generous and expressive.
I begin by destroying the smooth white surface of the canvas by scraping,
cutting, collaging and using any medium that serves the purpose only to add
colors both vibrant and luminous evolving from multiple layers of glazing. Through the relationship of colors,
forms and marks my paintings develop into a unique expression.
Using visual suggestions, I like to draw the viewer into an imagined
landscape, a colorful dynamic world that hovers between abstract and
inspirational.
For most of my life I have had an insatiable desire to create, through art I can express my curiosity
and use my incredible imagination to engage my viewers.
I am inspired by the beauty of landscape and architecture, awed by the
mystery of how creation occurs.
Once the rhythm begins I am on a journey to another time and place. After 30 years of painting my only wish
is that my art becomes an emotional experience for the viewer and that it gives
them the desire to want to touch its textures as it has touched
me..
Donna (Boudreau) Mancini
▫ Donna was born in Louisdale, NS and is of French Acadian descent. Primarily self-taught,for many years she was teaching but decided it was time to follow her true passions, art and travel.
▫ Her palette can be lively as fire or very subtle and dramatic. The textures moving across her surfaces are generous and expressive. Her colors both vibrant and luminous evolve from multiple layers of glazing. The best compliment she says is to intrigue the viewer enough to feel compelled to touch her work.
▫ Donna is owner of Art Port Gallery located at the Halifax International Airport.