Artist Statement:
Art has been a major part of my life since childhood. My education includes a B.F.A. degree from Pratt Institute. My artwork is based on the fundamentals of drawing. I produce detailed and tactile drawings that bring the viewer in, while allowing them to step back to enjoy the piece in its entirety. This provides for a more intimate relationship between the art and the viewer. From this central core I have expanded my mediums to include: drawings mixed with collage and handmade papers, watercolor with collage, acrylics on special processed and treated papers. I continue to experiment with new mediums. It is my hope that this connection will provide the viewer a better sense of the emotions, through abstracted realism, that helps me create each piece. I have searched for new areas and subjects for my art which have exhibited in many venues. Art is and will continue to be my true means of self-expression.
Exhibitions:
2013 “Departure”, Thomasville Art Center, “Collective Group”, Thomasville, GA
2013 “Dance Macabre”, 1020 Gallery, Tallahassee. FL
2013 LeMoyne Christmas Exhibition, Tallahassee, FL
2013 Radiology Associates Exhibition, Tallahassee, FL
2013 TMH Cancer Center Group Exhibition, Tallahassee, FL
2013 FLAUNT Window Installation, The Gift Shop, Thomasville, GA
2013 Flor 500 Exhibit, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2013 “Fresh” Artist Collection, Awarded Wine Label Art, Thomasville, GA
2013 “Legion of Crones”, 1020 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2013 “A Solo Retrospective Show of Work of ‘donalee’, LeMoyne Art Foundation, Tallahassee, FL
2012 “Self Portrait”, Jefferson Art Center, Monticello, FL
2012 “Swamp Rose” #33, FIU Architecture and the Arts, Miami, FL
2012-13 “24th Art in Gadsden, Regional Exhibition of Fine Art, Quincy, FL
2012 Art an Soul Celebration, Exhibit-Auction Le Moyne, Tallahassee, FL
2011 National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Combined Exhibition:
donalee Pond-Koenig and Peter Koenig
2011 Artworks and Renderings, Tallahassee, FL
2010 “Putting a Human face on Addiction and Recovery”, The Monroe House,
(annex of Lemoyne Art Foundation)
2010 Commissioners’ Office display, Quincy, FL
2010 1st Annual Apalachicola Marine Art and Maritime History Exhibition,
Apalachicola Center for History, Culture and Art
2010 Guilders’ Exhibition at Art in Gadsden, Quincy, FL
2010 “Southern Traditions” Exhibit, Lemoyne Art Foundation, Tallahassee, FL
2009 “The Window Project”, Tallahassee, FL
2009 20th Annual Summer Showcase & Invitational, Thomasville, GA
2009 “Vernacular Art”/“Artists Guild”, Bates Community Room Gallery, Gadsden Art Center,
Quincy, FL
2009 “Art & Soul”, Art in Gadsden, Quincy, FL
2009 21st Art in Gadsden, Juried Exhibition, Quincy, FL
2009 “5 Rings of Passion”, Artist league summer annual, FSU Museum, FL State University
2009 “Big Bend Senior Artist Showcase”, Senior Center, Tallahassee, FL
2009 21st Tri-State Juried Watercolor Media Exhibition, Lemoyne Art Foundation. Tallahassee, FL
2009 Charter Member of Florida Museum for Women Artists
2008 “20th Annual Art in Gadsden”, Quincy, FL
Guest Juror:
Juror - Big Bend Cares “Artopia” Auction, Tallahassee, FL, 2010
Florida History Fair, “ Conflict and Compromise“, Tallahassee, FL, May 2, 2009
Art Zen, “Artopia”, Big Bend Cares, Tallahassee, FL, 2006
Florida History Fair, Department of State Tallahassee, FL, 2006
Juror for Artist League, Annette Howell Turner, Valdosta, GA, 2005
Galleries and Memberships:
Board of Directors, 621 Gallery Tallahassee, FL, 2010 - 2014
Board of Directors, LeMoyne Art Foundation,Tallahassee, FL, 2010 - 2014
Bali Hi, Tallahassee, FL
Humidity Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
FAMU, Foster Tanner Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
National Museum for Women in the Arts Gallery, Deland, FL
10/20 Art Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
Artist Guild Art in Gadsen, Quincy, FL, 2009
Florida Museum for Women Artists, 2008 - 09
Council of Culture and Arts
Meridian Gallery, Thomasville, GA
621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
LeMoyne Art Foundation, Tallahassee, FL
Signature Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
Tallahassee Visitors Center, Tallahassee, FL
Art in Gadsden Gallery, Quincy, FL
Who’s Who of American Women, 25th
Thomasville Art Advisory Board, Member for Artists Guild, Thomasville, GA
Southern Arts, Valdosta, FL
Tallahassee Watercolor Society, Tallahassee, FL
Southern Watercolor Society, Glen Allen, VA
Artist League, FSU Museum, Tallahassee, FL
Thomasville Cultural Center, Thomasville, GA
Arts in Learning Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
Art for Life, donated art, Tampa, Fl. 2005
Artist Work Commentary:
Inner Space and Soul - work related to womens issues
The Lovers
Tapestries – abrstact acrylyic paintings
Minature watercolors and acrylics
Marshlands and Wetlands
Orbs - various orb-like forms, natural and abstractions