Ann Trainor Domingue
Contemporary, colorful, boldly-designed paintings
Goffstown New Hampshire

Elegant curves, simple strong lines, textured surfaces, busy patterns, powerful forms, asymmetrical shapes, dramatic or sensitive colorations, sentimental connections, and varied combinations of these are all sources of inspiration for my work. Whether I select fishermans’ dories, lobster boats, the activity of busy waterfronts, weatherworn barns and outbuildings, historic mills, overgrown woodlands, gardens, hardworking everyday people, or other subjects–they all will be filtered through my personal sense of design and color and will be considered carefully when developing new work.

My design direction is comprised of bold elements which are woven with a sense of spirit—of a person, a place or both. In recent paintings I incorporate people at work or at rest in the landscape honoring this everlasting relationship. Simplifying shapes and forms is where I begin my design process. It can be landscape-inspired, still life, localscape or figurative work. I rely on both sketches from life and/or personal photo references to develop compositions that will be strong and clear in their statements. Even though I explore many design options, my actual painting process allows a concept to evolve and develop into new images–creating a new statement.

My use of color is not pre-planned and it evolves during the painting process. Although I have learned to trust this process of change it is at the same time frustrating and refreshing. And as a result, my work frequently falls comfortably between accessible abstraction and loose representation.