Working in acrylic and texture often on a large scale, her bold painterly brushwork combines with dramatic forms and color has a breathtaking impact on the viewer. McGee has caught the interest of collectors and her work can be found all the DC area, corporate conference rooms, lobbies, as well as private homes. Most are in the DC area, but also in many other states and in London. You can contact me at artistmama43@gmail and see more work at my website: https://donnakmcgeeart.com

As an abstract painter, McGee is frequently asked, “What were you thinking?” Her artist statement answers this question: When I begin I do not know what the finished piece will be. I explore texture and paint and add lots of layers to see how colors and shapes change each other, and how it evolves into a total image. As I paint I become completely immersed in my work, sometimes concentrating on a particular color to achieve a depth, and adding brush strokes that will invite the viewer to explore. Nature has a strong influence on my work as I see many organic shapes emerge into each other on the canvas. I continue to add layers of paint and texture or sometimes scraping it off, until it becomes the total picture. No matter haw serious I am as an artist and how authentic I want my work to be, there is always the question —“Will others like my work?” However, it is only when I am true to myself, by responding to the colors, textures, and forms on my canvas from my mind’s eye, can I put my brush down and call it finished. I love, that when others respond to my work and share the images they see, it reinforces the idea “It is all in the eye of the beholder.”

“McGee creates not merely composition but atmosphere.” —Allied Artists of America, Inc. 95th Annual Exhibition, NY, NY: