Holly Dunham

What if I fall?
Oh, but my darling. What if you fly?
Erin Hanson.

Many times I am asked what I work from when I paint. The truth is it varies – photos, real life and my imagination. I am often lost in the process of painting. I enter a meditative state moving with tone, texture and the natural movements of the paint and how it wants to guide me. I work instinctively, allowing the image to evolve and the paint to generate tones and textures organically.

Colour and texture play a huge role in what I create; brush, sponge, pallet knife, fork, lace and fabric are all found in my studio. My canvas provides an exploration for my emotions and often an outlet to just ‘let it be’.

My paintings capture moments, memories and celebrations of nature, encouraging the senses to come alight and from a deep connection with earth’s gifts. My palette is generated by mood, embracing what is in my head and also what is reality, often a dance between both. The subject matter is primarily seascapes celebrating my ongoing love affair with the sea and landscapes celebrating nature and all its healing powers. Canvas’s filled with colour, vibrant colourful flowers and atmospheric skies.

PGCE (PCET) Masters. QTLS achieved
Specialist subject - Art & Design. University of the West of England

BA (Hons) Fine Art (First Class)
University of the West of England

John Hullah Award for outstanding contribution on
BA (Hons) Fine Art presented by the School of Creative Arts.

Upcoming Exhibitions:
2020 SITE Festival 2020, Stroud Gloucestershire.

2020/21 Wotton Arts Festival, Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucestershire

2020 Create For Collab, The Island, Bristol.

Past Exhibitions:

2020 Into the light, Alveston. Seversideartcollective.

2019 North Nibley, Solo Show .

2008
Show 2008
Spike Island Gallery, Bristol