Donna Perkins

My history as an art maker has been erratic. Frantic periods of intense activity have been followed by painfully fallow times in which other concerns dominated my life. As a child, I exhibited artistic abilities and received praise for capturing likenesses. I glimpsed a magic-like power in abstract images, but I found purely representational art to be devoid of personal meaning. My own early abstract works seemed empty and awkward to me. For years I vacillated between a feeling of pointlessness about my work and an innate need to give vent to my suppressed emotions. Some force compelled me to keep working.

I have developed images which are about flowering, growth and intricate imagined private worlds. Sometimes my art seethes with anger. As I work in an entirely intuitive manner, the forms which develop often startle me.

© Donna Perkins. For more information about the work contact the HWCA at (713)520-7840, The Firehouse Gallery, 1413 Westheimer, Houston, TX 77006.