This early canvas by the influential
painter and educator Dona Nelson
(b. 1947, American), precedes the
immersive, gestural abstract works
for which she is best known. Nelson’s
artistic vocabulary combines mediums,
incorporates nontraditional processes,
and introduces unexpected materials
such as cheesecloth and modeling
paste as a way to disrupt conventions of
painting. Not keeping with a uniform style,
Nelson’s works embrace the experience
of confronting and confounding her
viewers through an array of subject
matter, such as this depiction of a
peripheral figure amidst a turbulent
landscape.
–Affinities and Outliers: Highlights from the University at Albany Fine Art Collections