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Br. Michael painting in
the north light of
the main classroom at the now closed BFA Studioworks during a portrait
session.
Rocks at Beavertail,
Conanicut Island. RI
Back alley in the
Mews
The
Mill from across the river
Guard
house? in front
of Bldg 2
Other
side of the dam!
Oil
portraits executed during portrature sessions in
the
BFA Studioworks
classroom
Cappy
Smith
1st Studioworks
Model session
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Brother
Michael Dundin,
Oil painting, watercolors
Brother Michael was the first studioartist at BFA Studioworks founded by Breslin Fine Arts 2001 at the
historic textile mill in Pontiac Village, Warwick, RI. We are please to be able to offer
a significant collection of his oil and watercolor paintings.
Also available are oil sketches of many favorite Rhode island scenes including
many of the stately Pontiac Mills, prior to its rennovation.
Biography
Michael
Dundin, F.S.C., holds
a B.A. in Latin
and Greek Literature
and an M.F.A. in Painting and Sculpture from Catholic
University
of America, Washington D.C. He has studied at the Art Students' League
of New York
City, where he was awarded a full scholarship
in 1969 and 1977, and
the Woodstock School of
Art, where
he was awarded Artist in
Residency in 1998 and 2000 (summer sessions).
Brother
Michael has had one-man shows in Providence, Westerly, and Wickford,
Rhode Island,
and shows his work at galleries in New York City, Stoneybrook
and Sayville, NY, and Warwick, Westerly
and Newport,
RI.
His
awards include numerous "Best of Show" honors since the early
1970s; and 1st Place in Watercolors and 2nd Place in Oils
at the Fairhaven Art
Festival in
Fairhaven, MA, in 1998.
Br.
Michael's illustrations appear in books published by St. Mary's Press
and
Sadlier & Co.
He accepts commissions for
illustrations
and paintings.
Oil
Paintings of scenes around historic Pontiac Millls
 
Two more from across
the Pawtuxet River
  
The
Mews alley-way
Brother
Michaewrote the following about his experiences at Pontiac
Mills and Studioworks:
"It was just about the same time I was given permission by my Provincial
to work on my paintings full-time
and was looking for a studio
space where I could finish up
some
oil paintings for an upcoming
3-person show at Wickford Art Association, Studioworks opened. "The
Lord provides; others promise! It was just what I was looking for
and to
top it off Studioworks
is managed by Mike &
Joanne Breslin,
who have done so many
remarkable,
prudent and generous deeds for the local art
community in South
County, R.I. "I
wasn't at the Pontiac Mill more than a few days when I took (what I
thought
would be) a "quick"
tour of the place. I was enchanted
by what I saw around each
corner, down each alley, up every
stairway, out each window.
Forget the other earlier work
I had been trying to complete! All the colors, shapes and textures
that so appeal to me lately
are right here in
front of me. So, since mid-October, I've
been coming up to
Studioworks almost
every day of the
week and have been enjoying
the bloodless
struggle with the paints
and brushes
trying to capture some of the gentle, aging,
peaceful beauty
of this old mill."
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