Nautical Abstract Mixed Media by Donna Payton 1984

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This artwork is an abstract mixed media signed by the artist Donna Payton and dated 4-30-84.Inspired by a Nautical theme, … Read more This artwork is an abstract mixed media signed by the artist Donna Payton and dated 4-30-84.Inspired by a Nautical theme, it features a palette of blue, yellow, and white on a dark background. It combines different materials and techniques. It has elements that suggest painting (oils, gouache, or watercolor) and collage (layered pieces of paper or other materials). The use of multiple media is a defining characteristic of this type of art.
Payton is a painter and sculptor employing many techniques, materials and media resulting in works which put disorder into order by combining known and improvised shapes and forms.​Donna Payton received her MFA from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, California in sculpture and painting. She creates high relief collages, ceramic sculptures, paintings, drawings, and installations combining recycled objects, natural materials, and traditional media. Among the awards in her career are a New Jersey Print and Paper Grant from the Brodsky Center at Rutgers University and a collage award from The National Collage Society at the Berman Museum Show celebrating 100 years of collage’s recognition as an art form. She has exhibited in galleries and museums in California, Florida, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Washington, DC, and New Zealand. Payton’s work is in private and corporate collections, including Southeastern Banks, Citibank of Florida, Cleveland Clinic in Florida, Novo Nordisk, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, AtlantiCare New Jersey, New Jersey State Museum, Jersey City Museum, Zimmerli Art Museum, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and Hunterdon Museum of Art. Payton has curated international and local exhibitions. She has taught painting, drawing, 2D and 3D design classes at Brookdale Community College, Ocean County College, and high schools in St. Louis and Los Angeles. During COVID, Payton was featured in an online Vibrnz interview, and her work appeared in several online exhibitions. The artist works in many media in her central New Jersey studio and currently teaches at the Arts Council of Princeton. See less