Paula Dunn

Feb 07, 2014

The end of a series?

[gallery type="rectangular" ids="462,461,465,463,467,466"] Last week the only painting I had left from my Cuba series sold.  I wasn't quite sure whether I was happy or sad about this.  On the one hand I was pleased that the last painting had found a home, and on the other I was really sad that I...

Jan 07, 2013

...and Burdall went to Skinningrove: an illustration of 7 days of painting

The last seven days have been spent painting from a photograph of Skinningrove by Ian Burdall.  It's not my usual sea-scape but when I saw Ian's image 6 months ago I was really taken by how powerful it was and he kindly let me use his image to work on. From the start I thought that the usual siz...

Nov 17, 2012

Biscuit Factory Preview

The preview for the Biscuit Factory's winter show took place last night.  It also happened to be the BF's 10th anniversary so there was a good turn out on the evening - also the flowing bubbly tends to help draw in the crowds as well as the artists!  As always they put on a really good show and t...

Mar 29, 2012

Various stages of painting

Was inspired by artist Gillian Lee Smith's (http://gillianleesmith.wordpress.com/) blog on the process of painting and decided to have a go myself.  Not sure it works quite as well as Gillian's but here is my latest painting, completed this afternoon.  This is one of a series of 6 paintings of th...

Jan 07, 2012

Couple of new ones...

I have a series of paintings based on Lakes mountains to produce for the Maiden Bridge exhibition in May and the Saltaire Arts Trail.  Here's two paintings completed and currently hanging to dry... only another 7 to go....