Paula Dunn

Sep 24, 2013

The end is nigh....

[gallery type="rectangular" ids="1329"] Well it only feels like a couple of days ago when we were setting up the exhibition at The Old Grammar School Gallery in Otley, wondering whether anyone would turn-up for the preview never mind consider buying a painting or two. Sadly the exhibition is co...

Aug 30, 2013

Sneaky peek...

So it's Friday night and for a change we're not in the pub (well not yet anyway!) Instead we have been busy installing my exhibition at TOGS which officially opens with the preview on the evening of Saturday 31 August. So I thought I'd give you a laugh at the chaos I caused - seriously how many t...

Aug 07, 2013

Solo exhibition... eek!

[gallery type="rectangular" ids="1260,902,901,1335,806,961,702,1336,1338,1305,1284,1306,1285,1222,1221,1220,1219,1207,797,1340,441,439,440"]Not long now before my solo exhibition with TOGS and as you can see from the images above things are coming together very quickly now.  I've  still a few pai...

Jul 20, 2013

Fair weather painter...

[gallery type="rectangular" ids="1207,1219,1228,1222,1221,1220"] So we had a couple of weeks away and I was determined that I would make use of the time to do some painting en plein air.  Not something I usually do because of the size of canvas, the difficulty with transporting wet canvases and ...

Jul 13, 2013

Eilean Shona wildlife (more precisely pine martins!)

[gallery type="square" ids="1088,1087,1072,1073,1065,1069"] This is the second of my blog posts on Eilean Shona and this one is dedicated to the wildlife of the island but more precisely the pine martins.  Now these critters are one of the main reasons why there is no need for any televisions, D...

Jun 22, 2013

The Trees of Eilean Shona

[gallery columns="4" type="rectangular" ids="1115,1117,1005,1100,1000,1040"] So who would book a holiday where there was no TV, no mobile or t'internet access, no roads, no shops... no pub... eek!  Just a little cottage for two which is regularly visited by pine-martins.  Well that's what we did...