Donna Brazier/ Abandoned

Donna Brazier is a Welsh artist whose large-scale black-and-white pencil drawings serve as a deeply personal visual diary. Shaped by memories of a challenging childhood and a lifelong search for belonging and acceptance, her work reflects both lived experience and the imagination.

Following a stroke and brain haemorrhage, Brazier found that memory and emotion increasingly surfaced through her artistic practice. Her drawings range from visually harmonious to raw and unsettling, embracing themes that are not always easily accepted or understood. Rather than seeking to conform to conventional expectations, she uses art as an honest means of expression, allowing her inner world to emerge freely on paper.

Through expressive mark-making and large-scale compositions, Brazier transforms personal reflection into compelling visual narratives that explore memory, identity, vulnerability, and resilience.