Studio Tour: Donna Polos

Interview #14
Only 2 days before the studio tour!

Q1.Why did you choose to become an artist? Did someone influence you?
A1.I had a near death experience (Addisons Disease) 18 years ago. I was chronically ill for almost a year. When I was diagnosed and I recovered, I felt what have I got to lose. I want to study art.

I had taught myself to draw as a young elementary school teacher.
So, I took formal drawing lessons. I loved drawing. It was so relaxing and it came so naturally. So I thought I would try painting. I registered in Teresa Bernard’s watercolour painting classes for 4 straight years. It was the most challenging medium to work in but I continued with. To relieve the frustration, I would use learned watercolour techniques on fabric. It was a medium I was comfortable with as I had worked with fabric since I was 8 years old.
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