Donna Faranda

I have created works on paper for the past 30 years, but have not utilized a paint brush since I discovered that I could create art work on my computer. The computer has become the tools of my medium. Creating montages from images in Photoshop, I create collages which I, then turn into a grouping of contour line drawings which allows me to delineate the various areas of color. I, in turn work on a tracing paper overlay in Corel Painter, a raster-image computer program where I can place each individual dot by clicking on my mouse which I have programmed to make a dot.

Out if an array of colors my pointillist pieces come to life helping me to construct through the use of these programs, a means of creating a drama consisting of reflections of women's inner stories. While working in Corel painter a computer painting program, I employ elements of collage in my paintings to conjure up images created from a mixture of fantasy, mood and symbolism, blended together in a variety of ways to create my own world.
I am drawn to the paintings of the pre-Raphaelite painters with their sensuous depiction of women from mythology and prints form the Ukiyo-e period. Through my art work I seek to open the doors and allow the viewer to en...

I hold a Masters degree in Museum Education from Bank Street College and a Masters of Fine Art from Pratt Institute in painting and printmaking, where I was awarded an assistantship.

PAPERWORKS: Juried art exhibit at the Upstream Gallery, Hastings on Hudson, NY

HOPE: A Juried show at the Mooney Center Gallery College of New Rochelle
WOMEN BY WOMEN: Group art exhibit at the Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers NY
IN HONOR OF WOMEN: Six Women Artists honored by the City District Office of Yonkers. NY
SOLO ART EXHIBIT OF WORKS ON PAPER at the Upstairs Gallery, Green Growler, Croton on Hudson NY
LIVING ARTS EVENT: Art Exhibit of selected artists at the Firehouse Gallery presented by the Ossining Arts Council
1ST INAUGURAL ART EXHIBIT: Juried group show at Bethany Arts Center Ossining NY
52nd Annual Artist of Northern Westchester Juried group art Exhibit, Unitarian Church, Cortland Manor NY
All Women 2018 Art Exhibition: Online juried art
HILIGHTED EXHIBITIONS

SOLO ART EXHIBIT Selected paintings on view at the Living Room Gallery, St Peter’s Church, New York
PAPERWORKS 2018: Juried art exhibit at the Upstream Gallery in Hastings on Hudson, NY
IN HONOR OF WOMEN: Six Women Artists honored by the City District Office of Yonkers. NY
SOLO ART EXHIBIT OF WORKS ON PAPER at the Upstairs Gallery, Green Growler, Croton on Hudson NY
HOPE: A Juried show at the Mooney Center Gallery College of New Rochelle
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