Donna Clissold

Donna Clissold

  • Artist’s Statement

    I love to work on paper in all sorts of mediums. Printmaking on home made gelli plates is a favourite focus of mine. The transparent nature of interactive acrylic paint when applied to paper through mono printing catches my attention.   I  love the meditative and poetic characteristics of abstract pen work and break this up with acrylic still life painting when the season is right. 

  • Biography

    I grew up in Toowoomba and currently live in the Lockyer Valley. I completed a Certificate IV in Visual Art at TAFE in Toowoomba as one of their last art students before art was removed from their course offerings.  I am currently a member and  secretary of the Lockyer Valley Art Society Inc, working to enhance opportunities for the arts and for artists in our region. 

  • Influences

    I am influenced by 1950s illustration in childrens' books, encyclopaedias and dictionaries, printmaking, curves and patterns and the rhythms and limits of hand working onto paper or into printmaking surfaces. There is a specific amount of time taken to make a mark on a surface that attracts me to the process of pattern making and informs the boundaries of that work. Poetry helps me frame the moments of a work on paper and gives it a life in a thought. 

  • Exhibitions

    Various local exhibitions from 2014- today including the Laidley Spring Festival, Lockyer Valley Art Gallery and Gatton and Laidley Shows, and Foothills Art Exhibition.

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Donna Clissold

Reductive Reasoning
49 x 38 x 1 cm Framed: 57 x 47 x 2 cm Pen on Paper $240.00

Donna Clissold

Rows Upon Rows
30 x 37 x 1 cm Framed: 33 x 37 x 1 cm Pen on Paper Sold

Donna Clissold

Indigo
20 x 20 x 2 cm Framed: 20 x 20 x 2 cm Acrylic Sold

Donna Clissold

Indigo 2
20 x 20 x 2 cm Framed: 20 x 20 x 2 cm ACRYLIC ON CANVAS Sold