Jason Dunavin

I made a commitment to myself this year to paint larger. I got a giant stack of watercolor blocks on deep sale and I suppose I needed to do something with them. I also got hold of a copy of Nita Engle’s How to Make a Watercolor Paint Itself, and this is what happened. 12×16…

We took a vacation to Maui a couple years ago. This part-memory, part-real scene was the view from Ka’anapali Beach toward the island of Moloka’i. I think we could have stood in this spot for the rest of our lives. I made this for the 8×8 juried exhibition at the Lawrence Arts Center in November…

Sometimes I passively-aggressively name my own paintings. I mean, what’s that weird gap in the middle? 6×8 watercolor on New York Central 300gsm cold-pressed paper; collection of the artist.

I read The Three Body Problem books a couple years ago. This made me think of the ‘dark forest’ – the theory that everything out there is hunting everything else. Sometimes it’s hard not to look around and wonder. 8×8 watercolor and ink on New York Central 300gsm cold-pressed paper.

This one was created for the Lawrence Arts Center 8×8 juried exhibition this past November. It’s now in the collection of a close friend of our family. I ultimately didn’t submit this one but it just barely didn’t make the cut. 8×8 watercolor on Baohong 300gsm rough paper.

I created this one for the 8×8 juried exhibition at the Lawrence Arts Center this past winter. I ultimately decided not to submit it, but it ended up being one of my favorites. 8×8 watercolor on Baohong 300 gsm rough paper.

I submitted this to the 8×8 exhibition this past winter at the Lawrence Arts Center. It ultimately wasn’t chosen, but this one ended up being my favorite. 8×8 watercolor on Baohong 300gsm rough paper.

Yosemite forest, 6×9 watercolor – NFS