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<span class="text"><font color="#333333" class="text"> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /> <strong>Daniel McDonald</strong><br /> Artist’s Statement:<strong> <br /> <br /> Painting and Printmaking</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;">The complexity of the art world is curious, it has spawned many different artists in so many directions in the last century. Looking back, I discovered that the direction I related to is “. . .free art from the burden of object.” — Kasimir Malevich. I appreciate the pure and simple aesthetic and I have always related to a spontaneous approach in painting and printmaking.<br /> <br /> In time, I realize with my commitment to non-objective art, I still have an interest in figuartive and representational works. I do not strive to replicate but I am inspired by borrowed imagery from many sources.<br /> <br /> I have been doing silk screens and using the technique that I use in painting and applying that in the printing process. My work is accomplished by randomly repeating patterns on a grid. I have found that silk screen lends itself to experimentation. A painting can eventually get around to the printmaking process,<br /> or the print may inspire the painting. My application in silk screen can be quite painterly, doing multiple layers and several impressions.<br /> <br /> The “Horizontal Triptych” series, is an experiment of silk screen first, then the paintings. Working on the paintings, the first piece “I” is a literal translation of the silk screen, “Book.” The other two follow up on a different course, more painterly, less graphic.</p></font></span><br>
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