Colleen O'Donnell

Nature's Timepieces 
“It is not down in any map. True places never are.”
Herman Melville 

Herman Melville’s Arrowhead – 
Wissahickon Creek, Pennsylvania – 
Rouffignac Cave, France – 

 Attempting to make permanent my moment here 
I put a stone in my pocket 

Ossified wood remembers her curves 
A relic of womanhood carried on through time 

Waves etch themselves into the substance of shells 
lulling me into a glimpse of the eternal 

Nature’s timepieces.  
I’m a fraction of a moment here – 
connecting with you 
Fleeting but beautiful.  

Colleen O'Donnell's most recent solo exhibition was presented January 17 - February 11, 2024. 

Tour & Talk with Colleen O'Donnell 


Slot Canyon Drawing,  colored pencil, 4.5" x 6.5"  Available 


Santa Fe Tree,  colored pencil, 6.5" x 4.5"  Available 


Knowth Passage Tombs, Ireland, acrylic, 9" x 12"  Available 


Ireland,  acrylic, 9" x 12"  Available 


O'Keeffe's Window, mixed media, 16" x 16" 


O'Keeffe's Door, mixed media, 16" x 16"  


Ghost Ranch 1, acrylic, 16" x 20" 


Ghost Ranch 2, acrylic, 20" x 16"  


Spirit Canyon, acrylic, 30" x 30" 


Golf Course, Albuquerque, acrylic, 16" x 20"  


Evanescent, New Mexico, acrylic, 20" x 16" 


New Mexico Rain, acrylic, 20" x 16"  


Canyon Spirits, acrylic, 20" x 16"  SOLD 





Slot Canyon,  acrylic, 12" x 12"  


Newgrange Passage Tomb, Ireland,  acrylic, 16" x 20"  SOLD 


Canyon Drawing,  colored pencil, 4.5" x 6.5"  Available 


Ghost Ranch Drawing,  colored pencil, 4.5" x 6.5"  


Yellow/Red Canyon,  terracotta, glaze, acrylic, 8" x 10" x 4"  


Ghost Ranch Icon,  terracotta, glaze, acrylic, 10" x 7" x 3"  


Santa Fe Outskirts, terracotta, glaze, acrylic, 8" x 6" x 4"  


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The Conversation, river stones, 2" x 5" x 3"  


Voices Unheard, terracotta and river stone, 3" x 5" x 3"  


Blue Screw, horseshoe crab, nails, screw, iron and sand, 12" x 9" x 4"   


"It's not down on any map...", colored pencil on paper 7" x 4.75"  SOLD 


"It's not down on any map..." (Ode to Herman Melville), driftwood, granite and stone, 13" x 3" x 3"  


Oceanscape, colored pencil on paper, 4.75" x 8"  SOLD  


Oceanscape, driftwood, shells and plastic straw, 6" x 18" x 6"  


Synergy, found object and wood, 4" x 9" x 5"  


Ossified Venus, colored pencil on paper, 4.25" x 7" 


Ossified Venus, wood, stone and terracotta, 3" x 8" x 3"  


Totem 1, bronze & limestone, 76" x 12" x 12"  


Totem 2, bronze & limestone, 56" x 6" x 5"