Ann Trainor Domingue, Signature Member
Seacoast areas of New England from Provincetown MA, Barrington RI, Portsmouth NH and Portland ME have each provided elements of seaside living which I continue to incorporate into my paintings. As a young child I gravitated toward water—catching frogs, looking for minnows, learning to swim and fish, discovering horseshoe crabs, learning to sail, and so much more. Much later after a long career in graphic design and visiting Caribbean islands, I felt pulled toward the water again—this time to learn watercolor painting. I discovered I needed to explore my love of all things coastal and devoted myself to making my art. I ventured into other subject matter as many artists do, eventually settling into my love of the ocean especially the ever-changing edge of the land where they meet. The people, weather, houses, wharves, piers, docks, boats, birds, boats and gear have all appeared in my work. Years ago I incorporated the gesture of people holding hands—connected to each other in the most basic human way. This simple gesture signals the closeness of a parent and child, a new friendship or a longstanding relationship where that small touch means so much. My current work continues to explore this idea with both coastal and inland vibes.
-Ann Trainor Domingue
I admire many historic and contemporary painters, craftsmen, and styles including Fairfield Porter, Andrew Wyeth, Pablo Picasso, Georgia O’Keeffe, Mary Cassatt, Winslow Homer, Tomie DiPaola, Eric Carle, Henry Moore sculpture forms, Inuit sculpture, and current artists Danny McCaw, Nicholas Wilton, William Irvine, Goli, Wolf Kahn, among others. Each has influenced my work in a way that can be difficult to define but I remember being intensely influenced by their work while trying to find my own voice.
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