D O N A L D S A A F
Born 1961
1989 The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Ma. Fifth Year Certificate,
1990 Traveling Fellowship in Oaxaca , Mexico
SELECTED
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 New Paintings Cynthia Reeves Gallery, Hanover, NH
2011 One Thousand Voices All At Once, The Clark Gallery, Lincoln Ma.
2010 Public Art Project, Brattleboro Courthouse, Brattleboro, VT
2009 Clark Gallery
2008 George Marshall Store Gallery, ME.
2008 Trees, Spheris Gallery, Hanover NH
New Sculpture, The Stone Church, Bellows Falls, Vermont
2006 Uncommon Worlds: The Art of Julia Zanes and Donald Saaf,
Clark Gallery
Brooks Memorial Library, Brattleboro, VT
2005 People and Places: The Work of Donald Saaf and Julia Zanes
The Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT
The Woods, Clark Gallery, Lincoln MA
2004 New Paintings, Spheris Gallery, Bellows Falls Vermont
2003 New Paintings, Clark Gallery, Lincoln MA
2001 Whirligigs, Groton School Gallery, Groton, MA
1999 Peaceable Kingdom, Clark Gallery, Lincoln MA
1998 New Paintings, Spheris Gallery, Walpole, NH
1997 Paintings for Children and Adults, Clark Gallery, Lincon MA
1996 Alchemical Pictures, Spheris Gallery, Walpole, NH
1995 Paintings from Nova Scotia, Clark Gallery, Lincoln MA
1994 New Paintings, Icons Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1994 Frick Gallery, Belfast ME
1994 New Work, Clark Gallery, Lincoln MA
1992 New Paintings, Clark Gallery, Lincon MA
1991 The Puszh Gallery, Chicago, IL
1989 Traveling Fellowship Show,
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 Silent Spring, George Marshall Gallery, York ME
2012 The Eric Carle Museum, Amherst, MA
2010 Salon Show, Clark Gallery, Lincon MA
Float, Clark Gallery, Lincon MA
2009 Salon Show, Clark Gallery, Lincon MA
2008 Inventions, Visions and Other Tales
George Marshall Store Gallery, York ME
2007
Outdoor Sculpture Show, Harvard MA
Visions and Voices of Children’s Book Illustrators,
New Art Center, Newton MA
2006 Peaceable Kingdom, George Marshall Store Gallery, York ME
Anniversary Salon Show, Clark Gallery, Lincoln MA
2005 People and Places, The Art of Donald Saaf and Julia Zanes,
Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro VT
2002 Storytelling by Artists, Clark Gallery, Lincoln MA
1995
Salon Show, Clark Gallery, Lincoln MA
1994 New Faces-New Energy,Frick Gallery, Belfast, ME.
1993 The Clark Gallery, Lincoln MA. Salon Show
1992 10th Annual Salon Show, Clark Gallery, Lincoln MA
Figuration, Gallery at Loyola University, New Orleans LA
1991 Outside Boston, Clark Gallery, Lincoln MA
1990 Raw Vision, Clark Gallery, Lincoln MA
1989 Fifth Year Show, Museum School Boston MA
1983 Basement Gallery, Boston MA
CHILDREN'S BOOKS ILLUSTRATIONS
'Wee Gee' by Harriet Ziefert, Simon and Schuster
'Pushkin Minds the Bundle' by Harriet Ziefert, Simon and Schuster
'Elemenopeo' by Harriet Ziefert, Houghton Mifflin
'Animal Music' by Harriet Ziefert, Houghton Mifflin
'Train Song' by Harriet Ziefert, Orchard Books
'What Do Ducks Dream' by Harriet Ziefert, Putnam
'The Easter Bunny That Overslept' by Priscilla and Otto Friedrich, Harper Collins
'Ten Little Sleepyheads' by Elizabeth Provost, Bloomsbury Books
'Hello, Hello' by Dan Zanes, Little Brown
'Jump Up' by Dan Zanes, Little Brown
'Skinny Brown Dog' by Kimberly Willis, Henry Holt
CD ART
'Rocket Ship Beach' Dan Zanes and Friends
'Family Dance' Dan Zanes and Friends
'Night Time' Dan Zanes and Friends
'House Party' Dan Zanes and Friends
'Catch That Train' Dan Zanes and Friends
'Little Nut Tree' Dan Zanes and Friends
'The King and The Thrush' Tim Jennings/Leanne Ponder
PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:
Brattleboro Courthouse
Wellington International
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
Okemo Mountain Resort
AWARDS
The Boit Competition 1988
SMFA Traveling Fellowship, 1989
AWARDS FOR CHILDRENS BOOKS
The Oppenheim Gold Toy Award for the picture book,
‘Skinny Brown Dog,’ published by Henry Holt. 2007
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bernard, Pam, Donald Saaf at Cynthia Reeves Review, Art New England, January 2012
Bergeron, Chris, Puppets Come to Life at New Art Center in Newton,
MetroWest Daily News, March 21, 2010
Thornton, Clara Rose, Southerly Exposure: Cutting a Riff: Rural Art and Human Anxiety, The Rutland Herald, November 19, 2009
Hirsch, Corin, Art Around Every Corner, Okemo Magazine, 2009
Baucom, Caitlin, One Family’s Artistic Vision, The Commons, April 2009
Hanson, Alex, Painting on the Edges of Reality, Fairytale, The Valley News, January, 2008
Taylor, Denise, Drawing on Children’s Book Illustrators, The Boston Globe, March 29, 2007
Sills, Leslie, Uncommon Worlds; The Art of Julia Zanes and Donald Saaf , Catalog 2006
Calabria, Susan, People and Places; The Art of Donald Saaf and Julia Zanes, Brattleboro Museum Catalog August 2005
Corsano, Suzanne, Allegorical Paintings, catalog 2003
Wilson, Norma, Tales To Tell, American Style, Winter 2002/2003
McQuaid, Cate, Art That Aims To Empower, The Boston Globe, June 17, 1999
Pearce, Sara, 1998’s Best Illustrated Books, Cincinatti Enquirer, December 1, 1998
McQuaid, Cate, Toying With Reality, The Boston Globe, November 13,1997
Martin, Paintings for Children and Adults, The Boston Globe, November 13, 1997
Unger, Miles, Paintings from Nova Scotia, Art New England, August , 1995
Caillouet, Katie, Go Figuration, The Loyola Maroon January, 1992
Silver, Joanne, Raw Materials Meet Artistic Vision at Clark, Boston Herald, July 20, 1990
Sherman, Mary, Art Turns It’s Focus To Ideas, The Boston Globe, July 12, 1990
Carlock, Marty, “Raw Vision’ an Exhibit of Pure Creativity of Clark, Town Crier, 1990
Sterpka, Dorothy, Artist Donald Saaf Follows his Own Vision, West Hartford News, July 15 1989