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D O N N A  M O N RO E
​Fiber Artist

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Donna's Journey
My love affair with making, mixing, patterning, collaging, stitching, coloring, pasting began early. Scrapbooking and creating my own images with cut outs from Life magazines is one of my fondest and earliest art making memories. Coming from a long lineage of women who embroidered, quilted, knit and crocheted, instilled a love of the feel and texture of fiber and thread. While a child at my grandmother's knee I experienced the thrill of plying a needle with a bright length of colored thread through flour sacking to create a set of dish towels.

Graduating from the University of California Santa Cruz with degrees in Photography and Printmaking, I spent the next several years taking a lot of pictures. At a point about 20 years ago I returned to my first love and began a series of original needlepoint pillows. At the time I was living a gypsy lifestyle and the ease and lightness of carrying canvas and yarn around was very appealing and allowed me to work with the lush colors and richness of Persian yarns.

After settling in T or C I had the good fortune to buy a house with a large studio space and my focus changed from small, portable pieces to larger and more varied work which includes wall hangings, totem figures, bags, fabric collage and assemblages. Of utmost importance to my aesthetic is the unearthing of found fabrics, paper, beads, sticks rocks, rusty stuff found in the desert, on the street and anywhere else one stumbles upon the detritus of human activity for reuse, repurposing, and reshaping into whatever captures
my fancy at any given moment. Having fun combining all of these elements along with color and pattern gives me such great pleasure in making things....
Donna Monroe
TOTEMS FIGURES
I love making the totems! As soon as I begin, the essence, spirit
and persona show up and begin to guide me in its own creation. Really!
Wrapped, twisted, tied and embellished, they are created with love.
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Red Horse Woman 8"W x 21"L Fabric Remnants, Faux Fur, Ribbon ​& Beads. $700
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Lizard Spirit Upholstery & Batik Fabrics, Buttons, Beads & Trims 8"W x 23"L $700
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Blue Moon Woman Batiked Rayon & Fabric Scraps 8.5"W x 22"L. $700
​EMBELLISHED TEXTILES
​In making the hangings, I really let it fly with mixing and matching
unexpected and surprising combinations of fabrics – often gleaned from thrift
store clothing. I have also been known to pull something out of my own
closet and begin cutting!!! Is nothing sacred???? No, not really!
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Birds of a Feather Kaffe Fassett Fabrics, Fabric Scraps, Applique
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Sunrise With Angels 15.5"W x 41"L - Recycled Fabrics, Thread & Trims
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Turtle Morning 15 1/2"W x 41" L - ​ Assorted Recycled Fabrics, Beads, Trims & Threads
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Catching Some Z's 30"W x 43"L - Vintage Silk & Fabrics
PAPER COLLAGE'
This series was created using a large stash of paper ephemera – handmade,
textured, and marbleized papers, gold and silver candy wrappers, and other
bits and pieces of found images and papers.
​Circa 2018
Their size is approx. 9" x 11".
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Birds of a Feather IV
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Birds of a Feather I
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Birds of a Feather II
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Birds of a Feather VI
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Birds of a Feather V
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Birds of a Feather III
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Eduardo Alicea, Owner - Director      H. Joe Waldrum, Founder in 1998
Gallery Hours
Closed Monday & Tuesday
Open Wednesday – Sunday
Noon – 5 p.m.
And by Appointment
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RioBravoFineArt® Gallery 
110 Broadway Street,
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Truth or Consequences, 
NM 87901
Phone: 1.575.894.0572 


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  • HOME
    • ABOUT RBFA
    • Gallery Calendar 2023
    • Rererence Index Gallery Calendar 2022
    • GALLERY GIFT SHOP
  • CURRENT EXHIBITION PREVIEW
    • Nolan Winkler REVISITED +
    • Darlene Olivia McElroy & Paul White >
      • More About The Artists
  • WORKS FROM H. JOE WALDRUM TRUST
    • Exhibition Preview
    • Paintings Linocuts And Etchings
    • Polaroids
    • About Joe
  • GALLERY ARTISTS INDEX
    • Roy van der Aa
    • Martye Allen >
      • Martye Allen Profile
    • Wiz Allred >
      • About Wiz Allred
    • Dave Barnett >
      • Dave Barnett Resume'
    • Delmas Howe >
      • Delmas Howe Resume' And More
    • Sandy Hopper
    • Noël Hudson >
      • Noel Hudson Resume'
    • Katharine Kreisher
    • Julia Masaoka
    • Tyler Mason
    • Darlene Olivia McElroy >
      • About Darlene Olivia McElroy
    • Donna Monroe
    • Gregory Montreuil
    • Graham Murtough
    • Deborah Mushock
    • Leo Neufeld
    • Susan Noreen
    • Ricky Padilla
    • Miguel Pino
    • William Bertrum Sharp
    • Joel Smith >
      • Joel Smith Resume'
    • Rebecca Speakes
    • Nolan Winkler >
      • Nolan Winkler Resume'
  • RECENT PAST EXHIBITIONS
    • LANA DURA/Minna White >
      • Art and Legacy of the Navajo-Churro Sheep
      • About Felt
    • Leo Neufeld Exhibition
    • Jeanne Rundell & Nolan Winkler
    • Roy van der Aa 2022 Exhibition
    • Noël Hudson
    • Suzanne Pointon
    • Julia Masaoka Exhibition
    • In A Small Way
    • Tyler Mason Exhibition
    • Mannequin Mayhem >
      • Mannequin Mayham Artists Index
    • Nolan Winkler Blooms Exhibition
    • Susan A. Christie From The Studio Exhibition
    • Sandy Hopper Interweaving
    • Delmas Howe Guys and Canyons
    • Santa Fe Community College Show
    • Tondo Rotondo
    • Rebecca Speakes
    • ​Gregory Grafwallner Exhibition
    • Wendy Tremayne Exhibition
    • Martye Allen Exhibition 2021
    • 2021/22 GALLERY ARTISTS' SHOW
    • Donna Monroe Retrospective >
      • Curator Statement
    • Graham Murtough
  • AVAILABLE COLLECTIONS
    • From The Winkler Collection
  • PURCHASE INQUIRIES
  • BLOG/EXHIBITION/ REVIEWS
  • ARTIST SUBMISSIONS
  • LINKS WE LIKE