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Debbie Dunbar plein air
Debbie Dunbar

I graduated from University with a Hons Degree in Graphic Design and Illustration in 1983 and have worked in the Arts in one way or another ever since. But I have been  a full time painter for many years. I exhibit nationally and have work in collections all over the World including HRH Prince of Wales. I am a Friend member of the ROI (Royal Institute of Oil Painters) and a Full Member of the Society of Equestrian Artists.

I am fascinated by many things, and don’t limit myself to a single theme, though much of my work is still life and portraiture. I work in the studio, from life and ‘en plein air’ But all my works are linked by a pursuit of light and how it affects us visually and emotionally.

 

Without light there is nothing. Trying to represent light with only colour, I paint brief moments in time. Often things which are all around us but we often stop noticing in our busy world.  For me paintings are ultimately about how I respond to light, and how I would be able to represent that in paint. The things I appreciate, the feelings I have. I have to trust that someone will look at the work and connect with it, and say ‘Yes! I understand this, I feel this’. Or ‘I see the beauty in this’. It’s about getting those pictures in my head out and onto the canvas with the co-operation of the hand in between. Often I fail, it’s like a thought you cannot quite get hold of. My inspiration is from the play of light through my work. Painting is a method of expressing light, and it gives subtle form and narrative to the work.

‘I am seeking. I am striving. I am in it with all my heart’ Vincent Van Gogh

“What I am seeking is not the real and not the unreal but rather the unconscious, the mystery of the instinctive in the human race.” ~ Amadeo Modigliani

“If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.” ~ Edward Hopper

 

For enquiries and portrait commissions, please get in touch via the contact form on my website: www.debbiedunbar.co.uk  

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Open Art Competition for 2025

We are delighted to launch our new Open Art Competition for 2025 themed ‘Awakening’ which is now moved to a new time in the year - March. The application deadline will be 28 February 2025. This is sure to be a wonderful source of inspiration to new and established artists. We accept entries in many media including paintings, printmaking, textile art, sculpture, wood etc. Application forms and all information are available from the gallery or to download from the website.

 

Oriel King Street Gallery, 33 King Street, Carmarthen SA31 1BS

gallery@kingstreetgallery.co.uk

Tel : 01267 220121

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