Paula Dunn is a Saltaire-based artist who works in a range of mediums: oil paint, textiles, photography, with an interpretative focus on land and seascapes, and some urban scenes. Her work is often on a large scale. Writing in a 2015 edition of the ‘Saltaire Review’, Paula wrote:
I work from many photographs of one image that generally I’ve taken myself, as I like to draw on my own memories of being in that place … It’s primarily the beauty of the view and the play of the light that provokes my desire to paint.
‘Fairfield from Wansfell’. Image: from artist’s website, see below
Paula gained a M.Ed. Masters degree in Information Technology, Multimedia and Education, from the University of Leeds and has had solo exhibitions in Beverley and Otley, and group exhibitions in other parts of Northern England, including Newcastle, Lancaster, Brighouse, and at the Bradford Open at Cartwright Hall.
‘Leeds-Liverpool Canal’. Image: Paula Dunn website (see below)
Paula’s work is on permanent display at the University of Leeds, in the School of Education, and it has regularly featured in the Saltaire Arts Trail. Paula’s work has also featured on the Bradford Big Screen, and in 2017 she had a painting, ‘Lymm Dam’ (see below) exhibited in the 21st National Open Art (NOA) Competition in London.
‘Lymm Dam’. Image: Paula Dunn. See artist’s website, below.
Website: http://pauladunnartist.com/