The Paintings of Donna Surprenant

Painting is for me a response to the experience of light and color, and to the beauty I see in nature and in art. It is the search to know, to discover this visual and interior beauty through the act of painting a human face, a simple bowl, or a landscape. Living within Madonna House for the past twenty years, this response has come to encompass our communal life, our daily work and liturgical prayer, offering to me, and thus to the painting, a reflection on the inner harmony and tension of reality.

Snow Light	Award of Merit Juror: Odon Wagner, "Capturing the Human Spirit" Varley Art Gallery (Unionville ON), 2007	Preparation	Third Place Award International Portrait Arts Festival, "The Miracle of the Portrait" Portrait Society of Canada(Toronto ON), 2006
The Student	Fruit Spill	Fruit Bowl with Cherries	African Violet
Green Tomato Relish	White Orchid and Paperweight	Strawberries and Cream	Red Poppies
Fruit Bowl with Grape Leaves	Silver Dollar Bouquet

Greeting cards featuring my artwork are available to order from Madonna House Publications.

If you would like to get in touch with me, please write to:

Donna Surprenant
Madonna House Apostolate
2888 Dafoe Rd
Combermere ON K0J 1L0
Canada

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