Dana Gronemyer

I have a lifelong love for art and making art. Everywhere I have lived I have availed myself of classes, courses, and workshops, from life drawing, pottery, paper and printmaking to collage, calligraphy, watercolor and acrylic. I admire realism, but my heart is with impression, expression and abstraction. I have studied with Carol Vernon, Liv Drahos, Pay Snyder and Zoe Cohen and most recently, Serena Barton.

Many of these pieces are worked in the cold wax and oil technique I explored in a summer workshop with Serena Barton. Oil colors are mixed into a colorless wax medium of beeswax, solvents and resin. Layers of color are applied with a squeegee and then manipulated by scratching, marking or removing with solvent, slowly building depth and texture. The possibilities are seemingly endless. The final result is coated with thin layers of wax medium and polished when dry, allowing the layers of color to appear to float.

This is my play….layers of light, color, line and texture are my expressions of play, evoking fleeting emotions that change as another layer is added. My art is influenced by observation of the layers of fog, mist and light that I view on my morning and evening drive between Coquille and Coos Bay. I am pleased if you enjoy what I have created.

I have been a part of the team at Art Connection for 20+ years and have been influenced by viewing wonderful art and meeting artists encountered there, learned framing skills and collected many, many art supplies along the way….and still there is more, more techniques, more materials and much more framing to do.

Dana Gronemyer
danagailgronemyer@gmail.com