"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way- things I had no words for."

– Georgia O’Keefe


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ABOUT THE ARTIST

ABOUT THE ARTIST

My enduring interests as a painter include the transmission of light through color, the materiality of paint, and intuitive, intentional processes. I create tactile and spatial relationships through gestural marks, layered surfaces, and generally bright palettes in my ongoing exploration of abstract forms.

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SOLO SHOW: In The Now

I am pleased to announce my upcoming show at The Painting Center.

Exhibition Dates: November 24- December 19, 2026.

Opening Reception: Thursday December 3, 2026, from 5-8 pm.

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SOLO SHOW: <em> In The Now </em>

Intimacy and Light in Horizons & Environs

essay by Paul D’Agostino

Donna Scarpa’s recent paintings showcased in Horizons & Environs constitute a chromatically vibrant, compositionally enlivened suite of works that buzz, brim, and burst with aesthetic freshness. Wholly palpable in these zestful compositions is the artist’s unfettered enthusiasm for varied approaches to abstract formalities and nature-inspired subjects alike – and for charting new territory in her ongoing investigations of the revelatory potential of pictorial light.

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NEWS & EVENTS

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