Quiet Thoughts By Donna Festa

Quiet Thoughts by Donna Festa Oil on wood5 ½ x 5 ½ inches2020 Artist Statement: "Working primarily in oil paint, I choose wood as my painting surface. When preparing thepanels, I make them as smooth as glass which enables my brush to easily glide wherever I take it. I work very quickly, starting and finishing a painting the same day. The small size of my work is quite deliberate. I believe that a tiny format can be just as powerful as the oversized. Only one person at a time can view them which offers a more intimate experience. Also, I am small. When I was a child I would fold myself up in order to make myself as small as possible. It felt safer. I know the feeling of others making me feel small. It stuck. Each painting is me." Donna Festa has work in both public and private collections, including the State Museum of Pennsylvania. She has exhibited in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Miami. Her work has been published in Cleaver Magazine, December, 2013, Fresh Paint