Safety First! | the Paintings | Roxana Donaldson | 2025

Safety First! (2025) – Painting Archive
Safety First is an ongoing artistic research project investigating safety as an affective and mnemonic construct, developed through painting, installation, and spatial arrangements.
The whole project file can be navigated through the links below.

Imperfect X-Rays + Diagrams of Protection + Failed Schematics

The core collection of paintings function as a physical archive of anxiety. As a Memory Analyst, Roxana Donaldson explores the fragile topography of internal landscapes through key series such as “Imperfect X-Rays”, Diagrams of Protection and “Failed Schematics”. Utilizing reclaimed domestic fabric as a primary substrate, each work is defined by multiple layers of erosion, stratigraphic inscriptions, and a “forensic” visual language.

Grid-based conceptual drawing on cloth by Roxana Donaldson, featuring squares, circles, and the text Find Structure, Mixed media on loose cloth, 85x85cm, 2025.
Diagrams of Protection- Day 1
acrylic+ink on recycled fabric, 80x80cm
Minimalist thorned diagram painting on cloth by Roxana Donaldson,Mixed media on loose cloth, 85x85cm, 2025, featuring circular geometric patterns and technical notes safety first
Diagrams of Protection- Day 2
acrylic+ink on recycled fabric, 80x80cm
Conceptual drawing on recycled cloth by Roxana Donaldson, Mixed media on loose cloth, 85x85cm, 2025, featuring technical diagrams and a prominent red memory archive bar
Diagrams of Protection- Day 3
acrylic+ink on recycled fabric, 80x80cm
Red background with white schematic drawings of a heart monitor and medical symbols by Roxana Donaldson.
“Imperfect X-Ray 4: Portable Heart Monitor“- 70x100cm, acrylic on recycled fabric
Deep red abstract artwork on cloth by Roxana Donaldson, featuring organic stains and textures
“Imperfect X-Ray 5: Blood Cell 1 “
70 x100cm, acrylic on recycled fabric
Deep red abstract artwork on cloth by Roxana Donaldson, featuring organic stains and textures
“Imperfect X-Ray #6: Blood Cell 2“
70x100cm, acrylic on recycled fabric

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Intense red abstract fine art painting by Roxana Donaldson with complex textures and layered organic patterns on cloth.
Roxana Donaldson – “One Non-Sense Wheel Vehicle” – Safety First! Art Installation|70x100cm, mixed technique on recycled fabric
Minimalist red and white abstract painting by Roxana Donaldson with cardiac pulse lines and black textures.
Roxana Donaldson – “Imperfect X-rays #7 – the Lost Heart Recording” – Safety First! Art Installation | 70x100cm, mixed technique on recycled fabric
Vibrant yellow abstract painting by Romanian fine art painter Roxana Donaldson with organic black and blue forms, titled Black Breast on a Pillow.
Roxana Donaldson – “Black Breast on a Pillow” – Safety First! Art Installation | 70×75 cm, mixed technique on recycled fabric
Mixed technique on cloth panel by Roxana Donaldson. Detail showing conceptual inscriptions and butterfly X-ray.
Imperfect X-rays #1Butterfly Helping a Human|70x100cm, acrylic on fabric
Dark textured painting by Roxana Donaldson with purple organic leaf-like forms and archival inscriptions.
Imperfect X-rays #2 Broken Tissue + Brain.
70x100cm, acrylic on recycled fabric
Dark textured background with white organic splatter and inscriptions about kintsugi by artist Roxana Donaldson.
Imperfect X-rays #3 Incomplete Trace of a Memory | 70x100cm, acrylic on fabric
Dark schematic artwork by Roxana Donaldson, titled Failed Schematic of a Butterfly Wing, with white technical lines.
Failed Schematics 1- The Blue Train, acrilic on silk paper and cloth, 10x15cm, 2025
Grey technical box schematic by Roxana Donaldson with labels like Feelings?, How?, and Why?.
Failed Schematics 1- A Childhood Memory , acrylic on silk paper+canvas, 10x15cm, 2025
Technical blueprint of a train engine on dark background by Roxana Donaldson, titled Schematics of a Dream.
Failed Schematics 1- the Will to Go On, acrylic on silk paper+canvas,10x15cm, 2025
Dark artwork with golden geography like lines and a central organic form by Roxana Donaldson.
Structure Identified- acrylic on cloth panel, 30x30cm, 2025
Dark textured artwork by Roxana Donaldson with a refference to Malevitch black square.
Chasing Valentin B, acrylic on cloth panel, 30x30cm, 2025
Roxana Donaldson, "One Nonsense Wheel Vehicle", Safety First, 70x100cm, mixe media drawing, 2025. Detailed patent-style drawing on cloth by Roxana Donaldson, featuring an absurd vehicle with an umbrella.
Roxana Donaldson – “One Non-Sense Wheel Vehicle” – Safety First! Art Installation | 70x100cm, mixed technique on recycled fabric
featured at DalgART, Craiova, and Calea Victoriei 91-93 Gallery, Bucharest (2025).
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