But Is It Art Painting

Donna Kuhn is a visual and video artist, author, poet and dancer. She makes videos for musicians and poets. Her visual art includes drawing, painting, mask making, doll making, wearable art, jewelry, collage, monoprinting and altered books. In addition, her art has been published widely in print and online literary magazines and as illustrations and covers of a few of her poetry books. Influences include Picasso, Dubuffet, Klee and outsider art. Statement I make art because that is the only way life makes sense to me. A recurrent theme in my work is the face: semi-abstract, colorful and emotional. I don't choose to draw these faces. Their forms just come to me. They jump off the page and stare at you. Dare to stare back. I have tried to choose between media. I cannot. I feel fully engaged and alive when I'm creating. I'm a maker of images more than a storyteller. My work is about being a woman and an outsider. It has been described as playful, haunting, bold, whimsical, colorist, sad, poetic, mysterious and tense.