Don Rainville was born in Salem, Massachusetts and presently lives in midcoast, Maine where he maintains his studio. Employing action techniques, his works have been likened to landscapes of "abstract realism." Most of Don's works are on thin, plywood boards retrieved from discard sources, such as recycle centers. Don paints in house oils, using torn shapes of lightweight cardboard and plant clippings rather than brushes; by doing so, paint to a greater degree can dictate form. The dynamic nature of the paint, in addition to utilizing organic materials, provides a linkage to the textural nature of real and imagined landscapes with a sense of place, volume and depth. Don works to create paintings where a viewer feels themselves present within the scene to a point where there is an actual unconscious desire or instinct to use all of one's senses, not just sight. "I believe a naturally wild landscape is the greatest form of abstraction, and as such it cannot be truly recreated or transferred as an image: it can only be captured in the emotions it stirs within us."

Don exhibits throughout New England, is in numerous private collections, and is represented by the Artemis Gallery on Mt. Desert Island, Maine and Harbor Square Gallery in Rockland, Maine.