Ann Dunbar
I am blessed
As artists, we have the responsibility to show to the world the windows of our soul and to transmit through our style and technique, what we feel and see. We work night and day with form, colour, texture, line and perspective with the intention of stirring an emotion, personal reponses to our experiences and to build a legacy of art which will go down in the history of time. Our paintings are a record of our time, our lives, our world as humans and of the universe. Seeing art this way, makes you feel humble and accountable. But that which elevates our spirit, that which builds our culture and develops and refines our thoughts can be a common bond towards a better understanding of ourselves. Art transcends the everyday and leads us into the future with a treasury of humanity.
May and June of 2015, I have acquired five art international awards, see list below, that I feel that I have touched many souls and that I am truly blessed to be so honoured.
1.Encouragement prize awarded by the Institute European of Contemporary art, France April 2015
2. Pierre Paul Rubens International art Award of high recognition, Italie in Arte, Lecce Italie, June 2015
3. Finalist of the online "Healing power of art "competition represented by Mahattan Art International, New York. www.mahattanarts.com
4. Imperial Rome, international art prize, Rome May 2015
5; Art Critic Award, Italian art ctitic, Salavatore Russo, June 2015
My search and cultivation for beauty is the object of my being an artist.Since I was twelve years old, I knew, I was destined to become an artist. it did not happen straight away, it was a testing time full of trails and errors. It is with research and incessant aesthetic striving which had driven me to try different modes of expression and to seek new influences to adapt to my style and signature.The stimulas of a new vista, a new experience, new possibilities and experiment is vital for the nourishment of new ideas. However well known a theme or subject to paint may be, an artist has the power to re-energize and re-vitalise any source of imagery and place his or her own stamp or branding, if you like. It is said by the great artist an philospher, Roerich," A man whose heart and eyes are closed to beauty can never be a great reformer, and his words will never live as a great relevation"