David Allen Dunlop
David Dunlop is a modern-day old master whose luminous paintings draw from both Renaissance techniques and contemporary science. His paintings have been shown internationally and are held in the collections of major corporations including Aetna Insurance, Citibank, Delta Airlines, GE Capital Corporation, IBM, Mobil and more.
Galleries and institutions have granted David solo shows since 1981. 2012 began with “NYCto CT Shore,” Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT. 2011’s included “Metamorphosis,”White Gallery, Great Barrington, MA, and “New Directions,” Weatherburn Gallery, Naples, FL. Two-person shows were “New Terrain,” Adam Cave Fine Art, Raleigh, NC;“Radiant,” Arroyo Gallery,Santa Fe, NM; and “New Directions,” Susan Powell Fine Art. 2010 shows included“Oil Paintings on 23K Gold Leaf, Aluminum, Steel & Copper,” Attic Gallery, Portland, OR; “Director’s Choice,” Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT; “New Works,” Weatherburn Gallery; and “New York City & CT Scenes,” Susan Powell Fine Art. 2009 shows included“Landscapes & Cityscapes,” White Gallery, Lakeville, CT;“Sources of Inspiration,” Weatherburn Gallery;“NYC Viewpoints & CT Scenes” and “NYC SoHo,” Susan Powell Fine Art;and “City Collaborations,” Laura Barton’s Gallery, Westport, CT.
David is widely recognized as an outstanding artist. His work has been reviewed extensively and he has been featured in The New York Times. Near to home, David has frequently beenjuried into the prestigious Art of the Northeast USA. At this competition,in 2007, David and his son Max Dunlop won the Revington Arthur Award, and in 2004, David won the Jens Risom Award. In 2000, David was chosen by New York City to paint a fiberglass cow for the Cow Parade; it was one of the few selected to be auctioned.
David Dunlop is the engaging host and writer of the 13-show national PBS television series, “Landscapes Through Time with David Dunlop,” directed by Connie Simmons, produced by SimmonsArt and co-produced by Connecticut Public Television, which debuted June 2008. In 2009, Mr. Dunlop won an Emmy and a CINE Golden Eagle Award for the show. David is also the host of a 4-DVD series entitled “Landscape Painting with David Dunlop,” produced by Connie Simmons/SimmonsArt.
David’s reputation as a painter who combines artistic skill, knowledge and enthusiasm prompted The Metropolitan Museum of Art to invite him to lecture on 4000 years of landscape painting in 2005. He has been a visiting artist/lecturer at multiple institutions, including the Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ; New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT; Caramoor Museum of Art, Katonah, NY; Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT; and Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ.
Mr. Dunlop graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the College of Wooster, Wooster, OH, and was honored as a Distinguished Alumnus in 2011. His MFA is from The Pratt Institute, NY, NY. He is on the faculty of the Silvermine School of Art in New Canaan, CT, where he teaches, lectures, gives workshops and leads groupsto Italy, France and Japan. David Dunlop lives in Wilton, CT, with his wife, Rebecca Hoefer.
Education
Master of Fine Arts, The Pratt Institute, New York, NY
Post-Graduate Printmaking, R. Blackburn’s Studio, New York, NY
Bachelor of Liberal Arts (Phi Beta Kappa), College of Wooster, Wooster, OH
Special Events/Honors
Host & Writer, 13-week national PBS Series, “Landscapes through Time with David
Dunlop,” debuted 2008; won Daytime Emmy, Outstanding Special Class Writing, and
CINE Golden Eagle Award for Excellence in Film & Television Production - 2009 “Landscape Painting: A Timeline,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, NY- 2005
One-Person Exhibitions
“NYC to CT Shore” - 2012; “New York City & CT Scenes” - 2010, Susan Powell Fine
Art, Madison, CT
“Metamorphosis” – 2011; “Landscapes & Cityscapes”- 2009; “Oil & Steel”- 2007; also
solo exhibitions 2004-5-6, The White Gallery, Lakeville, CT & Great Barrington, MA
“New Directions” - 2011; “Recent Work”- 2010; “Sources of Inspiration” – 2009;
also solo exhibitions 2000-2008, The Weatherburn Gallery, Naples, FL
“Oil Paintings on 23K Gold Leaf, Aluminum, Steel & Copper”— 2010, 2008; also solo
exhibitions 2006, 2004, 2002, Attic Gallery, Portland, OR
“Director’s Choice,” SilvermineGuildArtsCenter, New Canaan, CT –2010, 1999
“August Exhibition,” Southern VermontArtsCenter, Manchester, VT -- 2008
“Inside New York,” The Flow of ArtGallery, Norwalk, CT -- 2007
“Recent Works,” Gallery Eleven, Fairfield, CT -- 2006
“Town & Country”- 2006; “Elements of Nature” – 2005; also solo exhibitions 2003,
1998-2001, Left of the Bank Gallery, Old Greenwich, CT
“New England Waterways,” Beaux Arts Gallery, Woodbury, CT – 2003
“A Summer Visit,” The Lily Pad Gallery, Watch Hill, RI - 2003
“Tidewaters & Marshlands…,” DiscoveryMuseum, Bridgeport, CT – 2002
“Tidewaters” – 2002; also 2001, WilliamScottGallery, Provincetown, MA
“Landscapes in Paradise,” ChemeketaCommunity College, Salem, OR - 2002
“New England Waterways,” RowaytonArtsCenter, Rowayton, CT – 2002
“Golden Light: From Tuscany to Maine”- 2001; “Landscapes” – 1999, 2000,
The Firehouse Gallery, Damariscotta, ME
“Translucence,” Eisenhauer Galleries, Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard, MA - 2001
“From the Notebooks of DaVinci,” Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, NY, NY - 2001
“From the Notebooks of DaVinci,” Locus Gallery, St. Louis, MO – 2001
“Recent Monotypes & Paintings,” Eisenhauer Gallery, Block Island, RI – 2000
“Pastoral Journeys,” KimberlyGreerGallery, Northport, NY – 1999
“The Connecticut Shore & Countryside,” Artworks, Greenwich, CT - 1999
“Landscape Miniatures,” Gallery Brocken, Tokyo, JAPAN - 1999
“Quest for Eden,” Bruce Kershner Gallery, Fairfield, CT - 1998
“Search for Eden,” Cortland Jessup Gallery, New York, NY - 1998
“Landscapes & Monotypes,” - 1990-1997; C. Jessup Gallery, Provincetown, MA
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One Person Exhibitions (continued)
“David Dunlop – Paintings & Monotypes,” Riverpark Atrium, Norwalk, CT – 1997
Wilton Library, Wilton, CT – 1997
“Aug. thru Nov. Landscapes,” SilvermineGuildArtsCenter, New Canaan,CT-1996
“From Tuscany to Provence,” Art Services International, Westport, CT – 1996
New Canaan Country Club, New Canaan, CT - 1995, 1996
“Recent Paintings,” Mickelson Gallery, Washington, DC – 1995
“Mercantile (Bankcorporation)’s Salute to its Hometown,” St. Louis, MO – 1992
Picasso’s Gallery, Hartford, CT – 1992
The Saugatuck Gallery, Westport, CT - 1986
The LockwoodMathewsMansionMuseum, Norwalk, CT - 1981
Selected Group Exhibitions
“Oregon Landscapes,” 2-person show, Attic Gallery, Portland, OR - 2012
“Two New England Painters,” 2-person show, Myers Gallery, Athens, GA - 2012
“New Terrain,” 2-person show, Adam Cave Fine Art, Raleigh, NC - 2011
“Radiant,” 2-person show, Arroyo Gallery, Santa Fe, NM - 2011
“New Directions,” 2-person show – 2011; “NYC Viewpoints & CT Scenes” & “NYC
SoHo,” two 2-person shows – 2009; also 2003 - Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT
“Life & Still Life,” Art 3 Gallery, Manchester, NH - 2011
“Post Sylvania,” artifacts Lanier, Darien, CT - 2010
“Explorations,” LockwoodMathewsMansionMuseum, Norwalk, CT - 2010
“Times Remembered” - 2010, also 2009, 2008 - Lily Pad Gallery, Watch Hill, RI
“Inaugural Exhibition,” Pennington Gallery, New York, NY - 2010
“City Collaborations,”2-person show, Laura Barton’s Gallery, Westport,CT-2009
“Art of the Northeast USA”—2009, 2008 - SilvermineGuildArtsCenter, New
Canaan, CT-- 2007, Winner of Revington Arthur Award; 2004, Winner of Jens
Risom Award. Also exhibited 1995, 1992, 1990, 1980
“LUSH (color),” Gallery of Contemp. Art, Sacred Heart U., Fairfield, CT – 2009
Offices of Senator Lieberman, CT Commission on Culture & Tourism - 2006
“Paint+Paper,”- 2005;“Serial Style,”-1999,Marie Park, Private Dealer, Dallas,TX
“On Common Ground,” The Munson Gallery, Chatham, MA - 2005
“Plein Air in the Park,” Gallery at Pound Ridge Reservat., Pound Ridge,NY-2005
“Skyscapes,” The DiscoveryMuseum, Bridgeport, CT – 2004-2005
“Sojourners in DutchessCounty,” Chisholm Gallery, Pine Plains, NY -- 2003
“Storytelling,” Art 3 Gallery, Manchester, NH - 2003
“Gallery Classics,” The Firehouse Gallery, Damariscotta, ME - 2003
“Across the Great Divide,” invitational show, Gallery at Onatru, S.Salem,NY-2001
“Journey Through Tuscany,” The Weatherburn Gallery, Naples, FL – 2001
“New Art Annual,” StamfordMuseum, Stamford, CT - 1998, 1999, 2000
CowParade, NY, NY. Cow featured in commemorative book; auctioned - 2000
“A Decade Together,” Cortland Jessup Gallery, Provincetown, MA - 1999
“A Silvermine Arrangement,” HammondMuseum, South Salem, NY - 1998
“Landscapes,” Hiram Halle Memorial Library Gallery, Pound Ridge, NY - 1997
“Archeology of the Spirit I & II,” Gallery Brocken, Tokyo, JAPAN - 1996
“Contemporary Visions - Landscapes,” Duracell Corp., Waterbury, CT – 1996
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Selected Group Exhibitions (continued)
“Wet Art Auction,” CapeMuseum of Fine Arts, Dennis, MA – 1996
GreenwichAcademy, Greenwich, CT – 1996
“Old World/New World Landscapes,” StamfordMuseum, Stamford, CT – 1995
“Silvermine goes to New York,” Kohn Pedersen Fox Gallery, NY, NY- 1995
“Landscape: Traditions & Transitions,” WestportArtsCenter, Westport, CT-1995
“Connecticut Art,” StamfordMuseum, Stamford, CT - 1986, 1994
“In Celebration of the Garden,” Walker-Kornbluth Gallery, Fair Lawn, NJ – 1994
“The Artists’ Garden,” HBO Entertainment, Inc., New York, NY – 1994
“Water,” Landmark at Eastview, Tarrytown, NY – 1994
Gallery at the Inn, New Preston, CT - 1994
Governor’s Bridgeport Office, State of Connecticut, Bridgeport, CT – 1993
“12 x 12”-- 1993; “Nature in the Nude” -- 1992; “New Members Show”-- 1990,
SilvermineGuildArtsCenter, New Canaan, CT
Two-Person Show, Mickelson Gallery, Washington, DC – 1992
“Neighbors…,” Krasdale Foods Gallery, White Plains, NY – 1992
“A Slice of Life,” Aetna Gallery, Hartford, CT - 1991
State of Connecticut, Commission on the Arts, Hartford, CT - 1991
Offices of the Honorable Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., Governor of CT - 1991
“Realism ‘90”, ParkersburgArtCenter, Parkersburg, WV – 1990
“Art at the Millhouse: II,” Webb & Parsons - North, Bedford Hills, NY – 1989
United States State Department (Traveling Exhibit), Washington, DC - 1988
MattatuckMuseum Show of CT Painters & Sculptors, Waterbury, CT-1986, 1987
“4 Winners,”CT Painters’Winners’ Show, StamfordMuseum, Stamford,CT-1987
“11th Ann. Juried Art Exhibition,” Milford Fine Arts Council, Milford, CT-1986
On Tour with the Caraccio Collection (Selected Universities & Museums) - 1984
“Paper in Particular,” ColumbiaCollege, Columbia, MO
Friends of American Art, The Butler Art Institute, Akron, OH
Connecticut Watercolor Society, Museum of Art & Science, Bridgeport, CT
The TRW Corporation Show (Recent Acquisitions), Cleveland, OH
National Museums Foundation, Washington, DC
The Bell Gallery, Greenwich, CT - 1982
“Realities,” Webb & Parsons Gallery, New Canaan, CT - 1980
“Young Artists,” Greenwich Art Barn, Greenwich, CT – 1978
Awards
Revington Arthur Award, “58th Annual Art of the Northeast,” – 2007; Jens Risom
Award, “55th …,” – 2004, SilvermineGuildArtsCenter, New Canaan, CT
The Razooks Award for Painting, Juried Show, Greenwich, CT
1st Prize for Drawing, Juried Show, Greenwich, CT
Eder Bros. Foundation Award, New Haven Paint & Clay Club, New Haven, CT
Best in Show (Watercolor), Juried Show, The City of Fairfield, CT
Purchase Award, Juried Show, The City of Fairfield, CT
Judge’s Award, New Haven Paint & Clay Club, New Haven, CT
Grand Prize & Purchase Award, Milford Fine Arts Council, Milford, CT
Winner of CT Painters’ & Sculptors’ Annual, StamfordMuseum, Stamford, CT
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Publications/Productions
DVD’s: “Landscapes Through Time with David Dunlop” - PBS series, “Painting
Landscapes with David Dunlop – Program 1 - Oil; Program 2 – Acrylic; Program 3 –
Watercolor; Program 4-Painting in Tuscany,” Copyright Connie Simmons/SimmonsArt
Art by David Dunlop, Tidewaters of the CT River, River’s End Press, Essex, CT -2001
Published Prints (Orion Editions/Robert Kimbril, New York, NY)
Silk-screens: “Floodplain,” 30 colors, 30” x 40”; “Bourbeuse,” 38 colors, 30” x 40”; “Waterturns,” 28 colors, 30” x 40”; “Waterlights,” 28 colors, 26” x 52”
Etching: “Tanglewood,” 4 colors, multiple plates, 24” x 52”
Selected Commissions
For law firm, Washington, DC: Japanese garden, 4’x 10’, acrylic/oil on canvas
For Webster Bank, Waterbury, CT: downtown panorama, 6’ x 12’, oil on canvas
For financial services firm, Greenwich, CT: seascape, 4’ x 5’, acrylic on canvas
For cover of book, illustrations: Connecticut River, oil on canvas.
For LaSalle Partners, Houston, TX: 3 Texas landscapes, 8’ x 16’, 8’ x 10’
and 8’ x 10’, acrylic on canvas, centerpiece and side pieces for building lobby
For Fairfield County Savings Bank, Fairfield, CT: landscape, 6’ x 12’, acrylic on
canvas, centerpiece of lobby of renovated bank
For Mercantile Bank & Trust, St. Louis, MO: 21 paintings, ranging from 24” x
36” to 52” x 52,” acrylic on paper, depicting landmarks of St. Louis
For Aetna Insurance Company, Hartford, CT: vertical diptych painting, 16’ x 8’,
acrylic on canvas, installed in lobby of Aetna’s new world headquarters
For CT National Bank, Norwalk, CT: 3 paintings, each 44” x 72”, oil/acrylic on
canvas, depicting historic Norwalk & New Haven, CT, installed in bank’s lobby
For SNET Yellow Pages, New Haven, CT: 4 paintings, ranging from 32” x 46”
to 44” x 90”, acrylic on canvas, installed in boardrooms and executive offices
For NYNEX, NY, NY: 2 paintings for covers of NYNEX Corporate Directory
Representative Collections
Aetna Insurance Co.Lord & Taylor
American Brands, Inc.Manufacturers Hanover Trust
Amoco Corp.McGraw Hill
BellevueHospitalMercantile Bankcorporation
BF Saul CompanyMerrill Lynch
Bohringer IngelheimMissouri Bar Association
Champion Corp.Mobil Gas Corp.
Chemical BankNagoya Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
CitibankNYNEX
City of Fairfield, CTOffice of the Governor, State of MO
City of Milford, CTOppenheimer
Colgate PalmolivePepsiCo
Connecticut National BankReaders Digest
Delta AirlinesReliance Insurance
Dun & Bradstreet Saatchi & Saatchi
Ernst & YoungSacred HeartUniversity
Exxon Corp.Salomon Smith Barney
FairfieldCountySavings BankMr.& Mrs. Sigler (Chrm., Champion)
GE Capital CorporationSNET
Goodwin, ProcterHoar, Wash., DCThacher Profitt & Wood
Hamilton Standard/United TechnologiesTRW Corp.
IBM Corp.US State Department
LaSalle Partners Warburg Pincus
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A.J. Connell, “Wilton artist wins Daytime Emmy,” Wilton Villager, Sept. 11, 2009
“Collaborative works at Laura Barton Gallery,” Westport News, July 24, 2009
Leah Lopez Schmalz, “Typifying the Space Between: NYC SoHo,” The Source, 1/22/09
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Teaching Activities
Faculty Member, Silvermine School of Art, New Canaan, CT – 1993 - present:
“Landscape Painting: Beginning, Intermediate & Advanced;” “Extend Your Reach –
Art in the 21st Century;” “Print-making: Monotypes - Independent Study”
Leader of painting groups to Italy, France and Japan
Lecture Series, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, 2006-2012:
“The Culture, Science and Art of Color”
“DaVinci, the First Neuro-Scientist”
“Art & Science: Cross-Breeding Ideas & Techniques”
“Painting in the Fourth Dimension: Can a Picture Slow Down & Taste Salty?”
“Look Back to Move Forward: How the Arts Use Other Cultures and Times as Sources”
“Where Do New Ideas Come From? The Art of Invention”
“New Materials, New Patterns, New Histories, The Future for Painting”
“Decoding Contemporary and Modern Art”
“How Creative Minds Work, What We Know Now: DaVinci to Picasso”
“Learn to See: How Art Changes Vision and How Vision Changes Art”
“The Invention of Modern Art”
“The Mind’s Eye”
“How Art Invented God, The Devil, Angels, Heaven & Hell”
“Secrets of DaVinci”
“The Eye of the Cat vs. the Eye of the Artist: How Vision & Thought Work”
“The History, Science and Religion of Color in Art. How Do We See Color?
How Do We Make Color Work?”
“The Rise & Fall of Impressionism”
“Cezanne and the Invention of Modern Painting: The Death of the Picture”
Workshopsat Silvermine including “Paint the Nude in Chiaroscuro,” “Painting Skies,”
“Hot Colors & Wild Shapes in Landscape: From Bonnard to Diebenkorn to Thiebaud,” “The Total Workshop (Silverpoint, Goldleaf, Fresco, 16th
Century Italian Oil Painting, Acrylic, Egg Tempera, Watercolor);” “Linear, Curvilinear & Isometric Perspective Systems;” “Working from DaVinci’s
Notebooks;” “3000 Years of Art History in Landscape Painting;” “Painting
at Weir Farm;” “Encaustic Painting;” “Egg Tempera;” “Monotype w/Figure;”
“18th-19th Century Watercolor Technique;” “Buon Fresco/Fresco Secco”
Visiting Artist/Artist-in-Residence/Lecturer/Juror:
Hamden Art League, Hamden, CT – 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012
GatewayCommunity College - 2012
National Kitchen & Bath Association, 2010, 2012
WiltonHigh School - 2012
Keynote Speaker, CT Association of SchoolsHigh School Arts Awards, 2011
Keynote Speaker, State of Connecticut Scholastic Arts Awards – 2009, 2011
Southern VermontArtsCenter, Manchester, VT – 2005-2011
Marge Schilling Art Guild, Watch Hill, RI – 2004-2011
Scarsdale Art Association, Scarsdale, NY – 2004, 2010, 2011
Art of the Carolinas, Raleigh, NC – 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
SpringfieldMuseums, Springfield, MA - 2011
CT Classic Arts Showcase, Trumbull, CT-1997,1998,2001-2005,2007,2009-2011
ShelburneMuseum, Shelburne, VT – 2005, 2007, 2010
Mark Twain Library, Redding, CT – 2010
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Teaching Activities (continued.):Visiting Artist/Artist-in-Residence/Lecturer/Juror:
Hudson RiverValley Art Workshops, Greenville, NY – 2006, 2008, 2010
Society of Creative Arts, Newtown, CT – 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010
CT Pastel Society, Greenwich, CT – 2009, 2010
Mystic Art Association – 2010
MontclairArt Museum, Montclair, NJ – 2009
New BritainMuseum of American Art, New Britain, CT - 2009