STATEMENT

Donnalee Dunne

April 5, 1999

In these last few moments of the measure of time called Millenium, I consider the magnitude of transition.

My work centers on the forms, the structures, the essence of Earth itself, and the culture upon its surface. It is about perception of environment and place, and how opinion alters with understanding perceptions of others.

I address the impact of one upon another, and the place where One becomes the Other.

I address the surfacing of substructure as it breaks away and erodes the very elements it is intended to support, while culture itself breaks into smaller and smaller components.

And through this Earth endures.

I am a painter. I create illusions, moods and atmospheres. I use the current technology in much the same manner that other technologies before it have been used by the artist. The artist has always worked within the capabilities of the medium and adapted to the way the medium works. If paint had only been applied to buildings as weatherproofing, if bronze had only been used for weapons and implements, if glass only for utilitarian objects, if books had only text-this is the same as the computer only being used for bookkeeping and memos.

Quintessence is the portrait of Earth at this point in time
focused as the observer sees.

I, the Observer, see.