TAWA at 45
The Exhibition
Joanne Donnelly
Big Green Leaf
pastel & collage on paper, 2022; 23″h x 20″w
Joanne Donnelly (www.joannedonnelly.com) is an award-winning artist and photographer. After earning a degree in fine arts, Donnelly held positions as an art director, book designer, and photo editor in the publishing field. She has received top awards for her art and photography from the Trenton City Museum, Phillips Mill Exhibition, New Hope Art League, and Princeton Photography Club. Her work is in the permanent collection of Drexel University, Mercer County Heritage and Cultural Commission, and many private collections throughout the world. Selected exhibitions in which her work has appeared include California Polytechnic University, Trenton City Museum, Phillips Mill Juried Exhibitions, National Association of Women Artists, National Collage Society, Perkins Center for the Arts, Philadelphia Sketch Club and many other venues throughout the United States.
“I am compelled to create art. I really don’t have a say in the matter. It is like eating and breathing, automatic and fairly constant. The older I become, the more a necessity to create seems to be, as if all the truths and thoughts inside have to unfold. Weaving in and out of different mediums—whether collage, pastel, mixed media, printmaking, or photography allows me to fully express a feeling, a mood. Collage tends toward the whimsical and colorful, oil pastel often the more traditional, and printmaking more simplistic and minimalistic.