Donna was born in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1952. She received her post secondary education in Regina. She moved to Lethbridge, Alberta in 1971. She began studying art at the University of Lethbridge in 1976. In 1980 she was employed by the Allied Arts Council of Lethbridge as Gallery Director. She worked for Arts Council for 17 years and retired in 1997.

Donna started teaching visual arts classes in 1980 for the Allied Arts Council and soon began to teach visual art for other organizations including the Lethbridge Community College, Lethbridge Seniors Centre, and the Lethbridge Sketch Club. She has also taught workshops in Medicine Hat and in other Southern Alberta areas. She continues to teach and jury art exhibitions to date.

Donna's first solo exhibition was in 1985 and has continued to exhibit throughout Alberta and in Ontario. Her major exhibiting accomplishments include: two Alberta travelling exhibitions Feline & Female and Imaginary Women. She has participated in over 30 group and 2/3 person exhibitions, and has completed commissioned pieces for the Synchronized Swimmers and the Cycling Club of Lethbridge which lead into exhibitions.

Donna has also designed program covers for the Judo Club of Lethbridge and designed and executed costumes for ADDAC and local theatre groups. She has been and is actively involved in with many arts organizations through the years including: the Radish Factory, the Southern Alberta Art Gallery, the International Monoprinters, the Lethbridge Sketch Club, and the Alberta Winter Games.

Donna has also sat on juries for the Alberta Foundation for the Arts Projects Grants and Collections purchases, Lethbridge Community College Advisory Board, as well as performing other roles for local / regional groups and organizations. She is a member of A.C.C.E. (Alberta Agricultural Community Exhibitions) and juries for the county fairs on a regular basis.

Donna's family is always first in her life, but the close second passion is the making and appreciation of art. Her favorite subject is the human figure because "It's what life is all about, ourselves, others, and the world around us".

Artist's Statement: Day by day is how I build my life and that is how I build my art. It begins somewhere in between the reality of the world around me and the fantasy of the world inside me. I am the mediator that seeks to create.

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