(1382) Beth Donahue Paintings Wave 1

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(1382) Beth Donahue Paintings
Online Auction Closes Wednesday, May 18 @ 6PM
Preview: Friday, May 6 from 12PM-2PM by Appointment
Item Removal: Friday, May 20 from 12PM-2PM
131 Dorset Lane, Williston, VT 05495

We are pleased to present the first wave of this expansive collection of mixed-media works by abstract artist Beth Donahue.

Pieces include several from Donahue’s “American Zen” series (exhibited in the South Gallery at West Branch, Stowe, VT in 2015) which are boldly painted, non-representational imagery where language and painting are infused with spirit.

“The core of my work can be read as having a meditative quality, passages which are at their quietest, contemplative and at their most energized, fully brazen.”
“I am drawn to and respond to the multiplicity of repetitive patterns which occur at different scales in nature. These forms repeatedly surface throughout my paintings.”
“I am most centered when I am painting,” Donahue said. “For me, the act of painting is emotionally nourishing. It creates a meditative space. And because abstract art is non-literal, it can take you to places where the confines of description cannot. Painting for me requires complete surrender, tweaking the genie within to respond. I consider the studio my sanctuary.”

Elizabeth A. "Beth" (Gouldie) Donahue

(June 28, 1935 - May 14, 2018)
Beth Donahue was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and attended Regis College and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She taught experimental, as well as, traditional printmaking techniques at Regis College and lectured in the Boston area. The Salon Du Vieux Colombier, Paris, France chose several of Donahue’s paintings to represent the United States in a traveling exhibition exchange with Paris, London, Tokyo, and Beijing. Attended Regis College and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Her works include permanent collections at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Commanderie d’Unit, Bordeaux, France; and Cape Museum of Fine Arts Dennis, MA. Her works are in a multitude of corporate and private collections. Donahue was a charter member of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Reviews of her work have appeared in The Cape Code Times, the Boston Globe, Art New England, and Harvard University Business Magazine.