Two-person ART SHOW at NAUMANN GALLERY : MOLLY McDONALD and DANA NAUMANN -- SATURDAY June 14, 2025 3:30 to 6:30 pm -- North Branford CT

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  REMEMBRANCES OF THE SEA

A Two-person Art Exhibit by:
Molly McDonald 
  Dana Baldwin Naumann
 
The Naumann Gallery
279 Branford Road
North Branford, CT  06471 (map)
(203) 430-2179

Curated by Johnes Ruta

Meet the Artists Reception: Saturday, June 14, 2025,   3:30 to 6:30 pm.

Attachments:

Molly McDonald  - GOING HOME - acrylic on canvas, 72"h  x 48"w     (Photo Credit: Molly McDonald, 2025)

Molly McDonald  - RED SKY - acrylic on canvas, 24"h  x 72"w    (Photo Credit: Molly McDonald, 2025)

Molly McDonald  - TO THE LAKE - acrylic on canvas, 48"h  x 36"w      (Photo Credit: Molly McDonald, 2025)

Dana Naumann -She Just Came to Me - 30lb wall sculpture, 18" x 18"    (Photo Credit: Johnes Ruta, 2024)

Dana Naumann - Lightning Strikes - 40lb wall sculpture, 16" x 28"   (Photo Credit: Johnes Ruta, 2024)

Dana Naumann - The Thought Just Came to Me - 35lb wall sculpture, 18" x18"    (Photo Credit: Johnes Ruta, 2024)

ARTIST STATEMENT by Molly McDonald Molly’s style is direct, whether abstract or representational. The artwork that she creates is in vivid color using oils, acrylics, or collage techniques. Fluid brush strokes and loaded palette knife are her tools. Molly draws her inspiration from life experiences past or present, as in a remembrance of the sea, light of the sun, or treasured moments with family or friends.

ARTIST BIO - Molly McDonald Art has always been a serious business for Molly, but also, pure fun joy and a wonderful opportunity to nurture her mind and spirit while playing.  As an artist who loves to work large or small creating visually arresting abstract landscapes, Molly, when painting, loves to get out in the color field and take a vacation in her mind, almost as in meditation. Molly lets past and  present experiences join with observation and imagination, a mental and visual blend occurs, the spirit of the moment takes over, energy flows, and a color puzzle unfolds. Molly taught art in the Guilford Public School System for thirty-six years. As an artist and art educator in the public and private sector she has won national and local awards. Her artwork in pastel, watercolor, oil, acrylic, mixed media, and soapstone sculpture has been exhibited in galleries and juried art exhibits throughout New England, and many pieces are in private collections nationally and internationally. Presently Molly is represented at BACA (Branford Arts and Cultural Alliance) Gallery, Branford, Connecticut, and Molly’s artwork can be found in local and regional art organization exhibits such as the Shoreline ArtsTrail OpenStudios, New Haven Paint and Clay Club, Lyme Art Association, Guilford Art League, Connecticut Women Artist, Madison Art League, and Essex Art Association. Throughout her career Molly has been active in national and local art education organizations and has exhibited and contributed her artwork to various localfundraisers such as New Haven Arts Council, Guilford Arts Center, Guilford Women and Family Life Center, Guilford Hyland House Fundraiser, and Dan Cosgrove Animal Shelter Fundraiser. Molly says “Painting is a thrill. I am a captive of the smell and feel of paint. I always want to play and push the limits of the material until all of a sudden the artwork seems just right and move on to start another painting.”

Molly S. McDonald 2me...@gmail.com www.facebook.com/artistmollysmcdonald @2me274

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DANA NAUMANN

Dana Baldwin Naumann creates unique sculpture using mainly lead sheets coated with copper or zinc patinas. His hammer​ed sculptures are studies in texture, soft and warm looking even as metal surfaces and often depicting religious, mythic, and archetypal scenes.

He had a successful career in corporate sales and marketing with IBM, Wang, Mitsubushi, and Westinghouse. When he left the corporate world, he was determined to devote his life to his art. It was a decision Naumann says he has never regretted. Dana Naumann designed and contributed sculptures to the permanent collection of United States Special Olympics, and a piece  created with the theme of the Holocaust was given to the Thomas Dodd Center, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. His artworks have been shown widely in Connecticut and the northeast.

Art critic Steve Starger wrote about his work: "Naumann's finely wrought sculptures aren't depressing or oppressive. He draws on African and mythological references to create monolithic faces that are inspired by ritual masks and statuary, like monuments or totems left by a long-vanished civilization. These elongated faces appear aloof and ascetic, but are also strangely poignant, and each emanates a sense of mystery and longing."

Dana Naumann -- dbna...@yahoo.com
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Exhibition on view: June 12 to July 31, 2025


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