Sweet dreams of Flight
Mixe media20" H x 11" W
Donna Bliss was born outside of Chicago and feels, "Art has influenced my life since I was quite young, receiving my BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and was fortunate to have an honorable mention in the Senior Fellowship Project." Since graduating from SAIC her life has been evenly split between building a career as an event planner and creating art.
Her artist statement: "My art practice is a natural outgrowth of being at the center and surrounded by creative talent. There is so much beauty in the world around us. To me a piece of bark on the ground, a rusted nail in the parking lot...all have the potential to be in one of my pieces. My vision as an artist is to find that beauty in unexpected places."
As a textile and fiber major at the Art Institute of Chicago she learned to work with many mediums such as soft sculpture, print making, drawing, fashion and painting. Her work now incorporates many of those mediums and marries that with her attachment to the material around her.
Her current artistic outlook, "My work reflects what is going on in my life at different stages, being a woman is always a major part of my perspective. The two major forces of conflict, the loss of human rights especially for women and the national racial tensions are tearing apart this country. My recent work expresses the necessary process of fighting those enemies together, grieving for our losses and ultimately finding hope."
