I employ action painting techniques where the dominant features are laid down in a free abstraction of actual place and position. Once the flurry and substance fluidity of an abstract base is present, I allow imagination and the forms that present themselves to tell me of
what, and how, the scene will evolve. As increasing shapes of objects, colors and textures play out, I am constantly drawn into an ongoing evolution of place and texture in which I am but an observer. While my paintings evolve as an intuitive process, there is the actual ebb and flow of the paint itself, which I use to create,
form and build texture. Brushes interrupt this process, rather than allowing the paint to dictate form; hence, I use no brushes, but work with torn shapes of lightweight cardboard and actual plant clippings to apply paint. The dynamic nature of the paint, in addition to utilizing tree and plant clippings link me to the textural
nature of real and imagined landscapes with a sense of place, volume and depth.
I work to create paintings where a viewer feels themselves present within the scene to a point where there is an actual unconscious desire or instinct to use all of one's senses, and not just sight. I believe a naturally wild landscape is the greatest form of abstraction, and as such it cannot be truly recreated or transferred as an image; it can only be captured in the emotions it stirs within us.
–Donald Rainville
You may view my work at the Elaine Beckwith Gallery located in Jamaica, Vermont (at the base of Stratton Mountain). For up-to-date news, please see our Blog/Current News link.
I employ action painting techniques where the dominant features are laid down in a free abstraction of actual place and position. Once the flurry and substance fluidity of an abstract base is present, I allow imagination and the forms that present themselves to tell me of what, and how, the scene will evolve. As increasing shapes of objects, colors and textures play out, I am constantly drawn into an ongoing evolution of place and texture in which I am but an observer. While my paintings evolve as an intuitive process, there is the actual ebb and flow of the paint itself, which I use to create, form and build texture. Brushes interrupt this process, rather than allowing the paint to dictate form; hence, I use no brushes, but work with torn shapes of lightweight cardboard and actual plant clippings to apply paint. The dynamic nature of the paint, in addition to utilizing tree and plant clippings link me to the textural nature of real and imagined landscapes with a sense of place, volume and depth. I work to create paintings where a viewer feels themselves present within the scene to a point where there is an actual unconscious desire or instinct to use all of one's senses, and not just sight. I believe a naturally wild landscape is the greatest form of abstraction, and as such it cannot be truly recreated or transferred as an image; it can only be captured in the emotions it stirs within us.
–Donald Rainville
You may view my work at the Elaine Beckwith Gallery located in Jamaica, Vermont (at the base of Stratton Mountain). For up-to-date news, please see our Blog/Current News link.