flea circus

I’ve had particularly good luck with art this season, so I thought I should devote a post to prints and paintings I’ve found recently. Please forgive the timestamp on the pictures- I have a new camera.

I’ll end up selling most of these but meanwhile I’m enjoying them

These two equestrian painting are watercolors I bought at the Big Flea in Chantilly, VA. The dealer told me he had had a lot of them- I got two of the last ones.  I’m pretty sure they are studies for larger paintings.

The name of the artist is JW Dunn- apparantly an illustrator. So far I can’t find any info. My guess is that these are from the early to mid-twenties.

 Later in the summer I saw a large painting in NYC that was surely by the same person. Weird! This artist is following me around.

JW Dunn resurfaces in NYC

That dealer said she had found it at an estate sale in Maryland- so the artist had some connection to the VA/MD area- I’d love to find out more. I’m sure I’ll find another piece of this puzzle eventually.

This huge pastel portrait actually made me laugh out loud when I found it. I may not be able to part with it. Growing up, I knew several women who could have been the subject  (which is beautifully done, by the way- but holy night- she is one scary mother! ) I hear someone cracking an ice tray   every time I walk by it, and there js a ghostly whiff of  Elizabeth Arden and cigarettes.

She’s obviously in a foul humor. Maybe her daughter grew up and wrote a book.

"I told you, dear, no children on the patio during grownup time."

I’ll save the rest for another post.

a piddling portion of paintings and plunder 2009