Art Commissions and Unique Art Projects > City Grid Installation at the Hall at Crane Arts

Large wall installation for the Group Mural Exhibit at Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA

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"A 48-square series entitled 'City Grid' makes up Donna Backues contribution. Using acrylic paint on unstretched cotton canvas, Backues renders minimal snapshots of the urban environment with a brush instead of a camera. They range from dark blues that hint at dusk, to images with red and yellow patches that seem as if they had been painted at dawn. In this way, the artist captures both place and time in paintings that would otherwise be almost entirely abstract."

Review by Chip Schwartz
Knight Arts Newsletter

City Grid, mural, donna backues, crane arts, inliquid,
Acrylic on Unstretched Canvas
10 x 16 feet
2014
Initial sketch for City Grid Installation
Pastel on paper
9 x 12 inches
2009
mural, crane hall, inliquid, city blocks, city grid
Acrylic on Unstretched Canvas
10 x 16 feet
2014