BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:549@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160108T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160108T120000 DTSTAMP:20160106T133734Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/view-two-over-the-sofa-paintings -by-annette-dunn/ SUMMARY:View Two Gallery: View Two: Over the Sofa - Paintings by Annette Du nn DESCRIPTION:Emulsion-paint artist Annette Dunn holds her first ever solo ex hibition – in Liverpool\n\nExhibition runs Friday 8 January - Saturday 6 February 2016\n\nA Liverpool artist who creates stunning contemporary pai ntings using emulsion paints bought from B &\; Q is holding her first e ver solo exhibition in the city.\n\nAnnette Dunn from Allerton already has paintings featured on the respected Saatchi Gallery’s on-line site\, as well as sculptures at the Chelsea based Walton Fine Arts Gallery.\nBut sh e is assembling the biggest ever collection of her works for her debut sol o exhibition at Liverpool’s View Two Gallery at 23 Mathew Street.\nHer s how opens with a viewing event on Thursday evening (7 Jan) \, with the exh ibition opening Friday (8 Jan) at noon.\n\nAnnette’s painting talents fi rst emerged as a teenager at school in Huyton. But she left school without any qualifications\, later discovering she was dyslectic\, and her talent s unfilled.\nIn her 20s she enrolled on an art foundation course at Liverp ool’s Mabel Fletcher College\, studying at the same time to gain a clutc h of ‘O’ and ‘A’ levels she had missed out on at school.\n\nAnnett e more or less put art onto the back-burner\, after gaining degrees and di plomas from both Liverpool John Moores University and the University of Li verpool. That led to a career in nursing and then social work. Her interes t in painting was rekindled when her mum Jane was terminally ill.\n“My m um always knew I had this love for art and it was her dying wish that I sh ould take up painting. So I decided to fulfil mum’s wish and I have been painting and creating sculptures ever since.”\n\nInspired by Picasso\, Dali\, Jasper Johns\, and Jackson Pollock\, Annette describes her painting s as eclectic. Often events such as the weather will inspire a piece of wo rk\, or a major event or happening.\nShe says: “I am interested in abstr act expressionism and post war art. My work reflects social and environmen tal issues\, like climate change and women’s issues. I apply different s tyles to my work. For me the use of colour\, form and emotional content is of the upmost importance to be conveyed to the viewer. With a blank canva s\, inspiration\, emotion\, passion and hard work\, the end product is for med.”\n\nAs well as those emulsion paints\, Annette also uses acrylics a nd water colours.\n“I hit on the idea of using everyday household paint to create striking what I call ‘over-the-sofa’ paintings. These look g reat against a plain wall in the home\,” said Annette.\nFor a while Anne tte was based at the ‘old’ Bluecoat in what was called the Tyson Smith studio. There she gained inspiration from artist Terry Mc Gunicle and scu lptor Terry McDermott. She now works from her Allerton home or in a studio in Duke Street.\n\nThe Annette Dunn New Exhibition runs from January 8 un til February 6 2016 at View Two\, 23 Mathew Street\, Liverpool L2 6RE. Gal lery open Fridays and Saturdays 12.00 until 17.00 and at other times by ap pointment. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2016/01/view2-annette-dunn.jpg LOCATION:View Two Gallery\, 23 Mathew Street\, Liverpool\, L2 6RE\, Liverpo ol\, United Kingdom GEO:53.406057;-2.987587 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=23 Mathew Street\, Liverpoo l\, L2 6RE\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=View Tw o Gallery:geo:53.406057,-2.987587 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20151025T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR