Donna Fillion was born in Edmonton, Alberta and remembers having been woken up by her dad to watch Neil Armstrong’s first step onto the moon. After an early year in Medicine Hat, and another stint in Winnipeg, she has lived in Spruce Grove for the last 30 years. Donna has been on her art journey since she could hold a pair of scissors. She has learned so much from books, research, formal courses, and - often the best teachers - Trial and Error.

Donna has painted in watercolour and acrylic, worked in photography, drawn with coloured pencils and is currently enjoying textiles. She has exhibited her nature photography and paintings in the After Hours Gallery in Edmonton, the Allied Arts Council in Spruce Grove, and in local businesses. Donna received art education at Red Deer College Summer Series and other workshops.

 Donna is a Medical Laboratory Technologist. This has been an asset in what she is currently focusing on: textile dyeing and botanical printing. This is the perfect blend of art and science. She continues to work at the Provincial Laboratory of Public Health in the Level III containment lab. Doing art is the way Donna re-energizes and balances her work and home life.