Jason Dunavin

Seriously, what is that purple stuff? I did this as part of a series for the November 2024 8×8 juried exhibition at the Lawrence Arts Center. Needless to say I didn’t submit this one. For some reason I was into purple this night. 8×8 watercolor – Baohong 8×8 rough paper – Collection of the artist

This was another one for the November 2024 8×8 juried exhibition. I was playing with painting dark clouds and ended up liking this one. 8×8 – watercolor – Baohong 300gsm rough paper – Collection of the artist – Available

I did this as a practice painting for a cool online course I took with my wife. The artist teaching the course is Dolores Phelps and the course is called Wild Watercolour. I ended up liking it and kept it, until it found a place in the home of my mother-in-law. 12×16 watercolor – New…

This was another one for the November 2024 8×8 juried exhibition at the Lawrence Arts Center. 8×8 watercolor – Baohong 300gsm rough paper – Collection of the artist

I did this for the November 2024 8×8 Lawrence Arts Center. I was still getting the hang of tearing paper to the right size, so I got a bit of a dog-eared corner there! 8×8 watercolor – Baohong 300gsm rough paper – Collection of the artist

I did this one for the November 2024 8×8 juried exhibition at the Lawrence Arts Center. I ultimately didn’t submit it. I did over 30 of these paintings and picked what I thought were the best ones. 8×8″ – watercolor – Baohong 300gsm rough paper

I made this for the November 2024 Lawrence Arts Center 8×8 juried exhibition. I struggle still to paint reflections and water. I wasn’t especially happy with it and decided not to submit it. There are some things I like about it, like the color variation along the land and lake edge. 8×8″ – watercolor –…

I was experimenting with ink and water and accidentally painted one of these Italian cypress-looking things. Then I painted a whole row of them. It was just meant to be a little late night experiment and I ended up keeping it. 5.5×7.5″ – watercolor and ink – Blick Premier 300gsm cold-pressed paper

We took a vacation to Yosemite National Park in May 2024. This was the view from our back porch in Yosemite West. There were other cabins nearby but it was still one of the quietest and most peaceful places I can recall. I made this as part of a keepsake book commemorating our vacation. 9×12…

This was a little concept sketch for a larger painting I made for a family keepsake. We took a vacation to Yosemite National Park in California and this was the view off the back porch at dusk. 6×8 watercolor on New York Central 300gsm cold-pressed paper. Collection of the artist.