Donna Swain is the artist for the next two months, her open house will coincide with Nadine's Fine Art's 21st anniversary open house. May 30th. from 10 until 4.

Donna Swain was born in Chilliwack and spent her early years in the Okanagan Valley before moving to Vancouver in her early 20s. Her earliest explorations began with a fascination in drawing images, which evolved into creating illusions in form, colour, texture and design.

To enhance the translation of her visions, Donna continued her art education through courses at UBC, Langara College and the Fine Arts Program at Okanagan University College. She currently paints with her choice of mixed media, utilizing acrylic, charcoal, conte, pastels, collage papers, and sometimes oil to enhance the visual stimulation. Her painting process is to see and feel the subject matter, exploring and studying its form, which then translates to sensing of marks and lines, departing from reality and moving forward to an expression of the essence. Her strong sense of design is evident in the collaboration and integration of spatial relationships, form and colour. Each painting surface reveals its’ history of the search for the expression she feels needs identifying.