Donna Coleman
The issues that most interest me are somewhat autobiographical - stretches of the imagination based on my own life experience. Included among these issues are the relationships between humans, the delightful intrepidness of children, and the pervasive influence of that misplaced sense of personal power that manifests as racism, sexism, classism and elitism. I believe that although we are all different and don't necessarily like or understand each other, we are all of equal importance in the eyes of God. We know God only through the full beauty of the human imagination that creates scenarios about life after life. The human capacity for good and evil is so breath taking, can we conceive of God doing better or the Devil doing worse? I feel very connected to all of the little people in my pictures because, ideally, no one should be overlooked. Art is always more ideal than real life, however, and I paint because real life is not enough. The format of my pictures is determined by how best to tell the story.
