Carol Dunn is an award winning printmaker and photographer, specializing in alternative processes for creating artwork. She exhibits frequently in the area, and is an Elected Artist in the Norwich Arts Council, Mystic Arts Center, Connecticut Women Artists, and Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts. Her studio, Little River Studio & Gallery, features lots of natural light and an etching press, where she holds classes in her many techniques. See her website for imagery, class schedule and information.

Artist Statement

As evidenced by my varied body of work, I enjoy working with many non-traditional mediums. I continue to learn and experiment with new materials and techniques. I also like to combine many techniques into one piece, which often makes it difficult to explain to someone exactly how something was created.

More than anything else in the creative process, I love the interplay of color and texture. I have spent countless hours photographing peeling paint and rusting metal. When I mix inks to begin printmaking, I often get sidetracked by marveling at the pigments on my palette, enjoying how the colors play off each other, wondering what will happen if I mix 2 unrelated colors into a blend with my brayer. Sometimes I think I could just mix colors forever and never begin the actual application of the color to plate or paper.

I also love to work in layers. I do this on my computer from within Photoshop, or more directly when creating collage with papers, cloth, and found objects. Transparency fascinates me, and I am intrigued by how a top layer will reveal or hide the colors and textures beneath it, or how the combined elements become so different from the original materials as they intersect and interact. Many artists are hesitant to learn how to use a computer in creating their work—but I see it as just another tool in my artist’s toolbox. This allows me to merge technology with traditional art-making methods, such as when I stick a traditional collage into my printer and print an image on top of it.

My pieces include such techniques as Solarplate Etching, Overprinted Collage, Acrylic Skin, Monotype, Collagraph, Silk Aquatint, Polaroid Emulsion Lifts and Transfers, Gelatin Prints, and Printing on Handmade Papers. I also sometimes print directly onto aluminum. I have a large studio full of natural light, where I enjoy teaching others many of my techniques for art making, including Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. I hope you enjoy my work, and that you will consider taking one of my classes.

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