My Website - www.michaeldominastudios.com

My Email - mds@michaeldominastudios.com

Michael Domina grew up on a dairy farm in Montgomery Center, Vermont, where he fell in love with painting and now devotes all his time to painting and teaching in watermedia.

He conducts art classes in Braintree, Duxbury and Quincy and holds watercolor demonstrations and workshops throughout the North and South Shores and Vermont. Michael takes a personal interest in helping his students overcome stumbling blocks.

Michael was first introduced to watercolors by Nancy Sargent Howell in 1983 and has studied with numerous painters including Tony VanHasselt, AWS, Judi Wagner, Carlton Plummer, AWS, Judi Betts, AWS, Edward Minchin, AWS, Bill Beyer, Peter Spataro, Nathan Goldstein and Edwina Caci.



He has had six one-man exhibits and has received numerous awards in regional and local shows. He is a member of the New England Watercolor Society, North Shore, South Shore, Braintree, Milton, North River, Weymouth, Quincy Art Associations and is an associate member of the American Watercolor Society. Michael is past-President of the Weymouth Art Association and on the board of the New England Watercolor Society.

Other creative interests include photography, calligraphy, music, sculpting, home and landscape design, gardening and dogs. Michael's enthusiasm for these pastimes is reflected in the warmth and life he brings to his watercolors.

Visions become reality by celebrating the child inside.
                                                                                                                      Michael Domina


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Painting...

Michael lets the painting lead him as he defines and refines shapes to bring out suggested forms. Several layers of paint may be needed to build up the values and textures to a bold and dramatic design.

In a creative journey that constantly moves his art in new directions, this is a process that has taught him to trust his intuition and has aided spiritual growth. Abstract art is not for everyone, but Michael hopes the viewer will sense the emotion and life of the work and experience a new level of appreciation toward art.
A loose and experimental approach to painting makes his watercolors fresh and alive. In the search for a personal vision, he explores the relationship between nature and design. Michael allows himself the freedom to explore and play, recalling times as a child... where rules or inhibitions had no part in creative play.

The abstract work often begins with a spontaneous play of color, creating organic and or geometric shapes, with no subject in mind, no intentional effort to produce a form.



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