My work focuses on the urban landscape. The ultimate
quality I capture is the spirit of a moment--how it
relates to our perception of, and empathy for, a particular
time, place, type of weather, and quality of light.
I communicate the results of my own mindfulness, observation
and contemplation, which are at times ephemeral and
at times more concrete. I explore these landscapes through
layers and lines of color, which work upon the eye to
provide depth and complexity.
"Donagrandi's uniformity of format and composition
at first glance seems a placid vehicle for visual expression,
although it does create an effect of formal dignity.
The framing and exhibition of each piece as an artwork
to be investigated invites a superficial interpretation
of it as a mere object of decor. Attention and time
do however reward the perceptive. Donagrandi's
studies in abstraction, like the Asian rituals of discernment,
are starting points toward an appreciation of the refined
interplay of color nuance. The merits of each piece
are best appreciated by contemplation: like much that
is pleasurable in life, their charm eludes words and
logic. One stares at them in the way one examines bright
sun or overcast cloud-glow on field grass -- intently
and at leisure. They evoke the tremulous vision of heat
on soil, and of reflection in water." - G. Jurek
Polanski, ArtScope.net
Donagrandi's
studies in abstraction, like the Asian rituals of discernment,
are starting points toward an appreciation of the refined
interplay of color nuance. The merits of each piece
are best appreciated by contemplation: like much that
is pleasurable in life, their charm eludes words and
logic. One stares at them in the way one examines bright
sun or overcast cloud-glow on field grass -- intently
and at leisure. They evoke the tremulous vision of heat
on soil, and of reflection in water." - G. Jurek
Polanski, ArtScope.net
