Donna Cooper

Donna has said a few phrases bounce around in her brain as she works:

“Fear no color.” – Uknown

“Stay in the room.” – Pamela Druckerman

“The chief enemy of creativity is common sense.” – Pablo Picasso

“Nothing is original.” Austin Kleon

“Step away from the canvas!” -Ann Munson

“Take time to look.” – Georgia O’Keeffe

And so she goes to her design wall and begins. Her work has evolved into a style that is minimalistic, colorfully contemporary, perhaps with small touches of handwork. I use many design tools that I learned through over 35 years of weaving—a fearless color palette, design simplicity, the use of line, texture and shape as design elements, and the self-imposed challenge to simply keep it simple.