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September
Festival
2026
Donna O'Sullivan
Art as Exorcism
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Meet the Artist!
Donna O’Sullivan is a Northamptonshire-based painter whose work moves between atmospheric abstraction and bold, industrial form. Working instinctively in layers, she creates paintings shaped by contrast: turbulence and stillness, darkness and illumination, destruction and renewal.
Her practice first emerged as a response to stress and burnout, transforming inner pressure into fierce, expressive colour. It has since evolved into a broader exploration of transformation, imagined landscapes and the hidden histories held beneath a painted surface. Earlier compositions are often buried, disrupted and rebuilt, leaving traces of what came before.
Drawing upon spiritual symbolism, dream imagery and emotional experience, Donna creates work that can feel both confrontational and contemplative. Black meets gold, rigid structures interrupt fluid skies, and turbulent surfaces open into moments of unexpected calm. These paintings do not sit quietly in a room; they are emotionally charged, defiantly alive and unmistakably hers.
Find me at the September Festival!
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Abstract, space-inspired paintings exploring energy, movement and contrast. Layered textures, bold colour and metallic elements evoke cosmic landscapes, light, and the tension between chaos and structure
September Festival
Taking part in the Central Exhibition at Lamport Hall.
