Mark DunstYour Duende is an A**holeI’m standing in front of the canvas and I’m at a point, again, where things need to come together and nothing’s working. I work…Dec 19, 2022Dec 19, 2022
Mark DunstWhat Is Affective Abstraction?Affective Abstraction explores the undisclosed nature of things. It immerses itself in the complexity, the contradictions and the chaos of…Aug 15, 2022Aug 15, 2022
Mark DunstBeauty Is Not in the Eye of the BeholderIs aesthetics mainly a way to recognize and communicate desire and a shared identity? We may not share the same sense of aesthetics with…Aug 5, 2022Aug 5, 2022
Mark DunstLost & FoundWhen I was a kid, we lived in a sprawling apartment complex in Denver, CO. I must’ve been 3 or 4 at the time. On the way home from the tiny…Aug 5, 2022Aug 5, 2022
Mark DunstMapping the In BetweenI’ve started a longer term project uncertain of where it will end up. I’m creating nonrepresentational maps. In general, maps are made of…Aug 5, 2022Aug 5, 2022
Mark DunstAnswers to Questions I Don’t Know How to AskSometimes you find an answer to a difficult question by turning it around. In the studio, turning the canvas around during the painting…Aug 4, 2022Aug 4, 2022
Mark DunstImprovisation and the New NormalWe’re familiar with improvisation in comedy and theater and jazz. When you get right down to it, we live our lives improvisationally every…Oct 11, 2021Oct 11, 2021