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Full Artist Bio

Formal Education: Boston University, Boston Museum School, and Academy of Realist Art

Seminars and private study with;

Still Life: Joel C. Jones, Danial Sprick , Helen Van Wyke, Academy of Realist Art (Seattle) , Karen Winslow, Scott Fraser, Dennis Cheaney, Tom Ouellette, Denise Mickilowski, Gayle Levee, Andrew Kusmin, shirley and Numel Pulido

Landscape: Sergio Roffo, Joe McGurl, Donald Demers, and Robert Douglas Hunter 

Figure: Museum of Fine Arts: Boston, Tom Ouellette, Karen Winslow, Charles Emerson 

Drawing: Jinda Mulvey, Maggie Fitzpatrick, Robert Andros, Joan Cavanaugh

 

Experience and Awards

  • Art Renewal Center, Honorable mention in the Still life category, 2009, 2011 Finalist in the animal category 
  • Capturing Realism 2011 Pauly Friedman Gallery, Dallas, PA, through the AnthonyWachulis Invitational 
  • The Guild of Boston Artists: NE Representational competition,
  • silver medal winner The Copley Society, Members Summer Show Competition, Sizzle, First Prize winner, July 2008 
  • The Guild of Boston Artists, New England Representational Competition, Silver Medal winner, October 2007, 2010, 2011
  • Copley Society of Boston, The Crisp Award, best of show, A-Z, November 2007
  • Westford Art Show, prize winner, Westford, MA, 2004
  • Gallery Demonstration and On-line Demonstration, Churchill Gallery 2006-2007
  • Salmagundi Club, 2005 Realist Competition, New York, NY
  • Guest lecturer, Wellesley college, Art and Anxiety, Wellesley, MA 2006-2007
  • Co-operative member Depot Square Gallery, Lexington, MA
  • Guest lecturer, Art and Management, Cambridge art association
  • Lunch with the Artist, Depot Square Gallery, Lexington, MA: Presentation on setting up the still-life
  • Board member, Cambridge art association
  • Lecturer, Art and Composition, Depot Square Gallery

 

Bibliography

 

American Art Collector, May 2007. “Coast to Coast Nationwide,” pg. 40

Provincetown Review, best of week show review 2005

Gallery Guide, November 2000. “Stuart Dunkel – Exhibition Highlights, Lyman-Eyer Gallery”

Gallery Guide, April 2000. “Realism, classical to Contemporary,” pg. 28

Boston Sunday Globe, January 16, 2000. “People and Places, First careers left behind, Central West section,” pg. 16

Northwest Daily News, January 9, 2000. “Lyric and Whimsy,” pg. C3 – C4

Gallery Guide, January 2000, “Lyric and Whimsy, Compass Rose,”

An Artists Life, 2009, Black Nautilus Publishing, Stuart Dunkel

 

Past affiliations

 

Meyer Gallery, Park City, UT, Saint Botolph Club, Boston: 2 man show and 125th anniversary show

Salmangundi Club, New York: juried show (2005, Center of the earth Gallery, Charlotte, VA),Fast Frame Gallery, Brookline, MA,MPG, Newbury St, Boston  Blue Ridge Gallery, Seneca, SC, Copper Moon Gallery, Bradenton, FL, Powell Street Gallery, Susan Masch Gallery, ME,,San Francisco, CA: Still Life ,Westford Art Association, Westford, MA

MPG Gallery, Newbury Street, Boston, MA: new artist competition,Powers Gallery, Acton MA: Gallery Artists

Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, NV: Art 21,Depot Square Gallery, Lexington, MAWestford Art Association, Westford, MA: prize winner, Emerging Artist Gallery, Cambridge, MA, Lowell Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA,Christopher Gallery, Cambridge, MA; Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA; Tryingham Art Gallery, Tryringham, MA; University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA; Boston University School of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Riverside Drive Art Festival, New York; The Emerging Collector, New York: Women Seeing Men: Men Seeing Women; Wendy’s, New York: Starvin Artists; State Street Bank, New York: juried exhibition.

MAKING GUACAMOLE

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Size: 5 in x 7 in

THE BEST GUACAMOLE YOU WILL EVER TRY!

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White mouse with popcorn on blue surface.

AFTER THE MOVIE

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SOOOOO SORRY TO DISAPPOINT YOU CHUCKY BUT THERE IS NO POPCORN LEFT AFTER I WATCH A MOVIE…….YUM

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White mouse with green hat on red sphere.

THE CROWN

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SUCH AN INTERESTING TITLE…..CHUCKY’S IMAGINATION IS UNENDING.

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White mouse eating a red snack.

THE BEST PART

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WELL HONESTLY ……….WHO WOULD THINK OF SEPARATING THE PIMENTO ….BUT CHUCKY DID!!!!

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White mouse carrying olive on toothpick.

CAPTIVE OLIVE

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Size 5″ x 5″

DID YOU EVER WONDER HOW STUART DUNKEL CAME TO INVENT CHUCKY???   AND HOW HAS HE INVENTED SOOOOOOO MANY PAINTINGS AND STORIES ABOUT THE ADVENTURES OF CHUCKY!!!  I HAVE WONDERED.

 

 

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White mouse wearing a cherry hat.

CHERRY DELIVERY

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Size 4″ x 5″

ONLY MY HUSBAND DISLIKES CHERRIES.  I COULD EAT THEM AND WOULD THANK CHUCKY FOR HIS DELIVERY.

 

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A white mouse wearing a yellow hat.

GOLDEN KISS

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WHO……..can resist a Kiss????  And a GOLDEN KISS is the best!!!

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A mouse balancing on a stack of donuts.

DONUT CRAZY

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Size 6″ x 8″

DONUTS ARE A HUGE WEAKNESS FOR CHUCKY.  HE HAS TROUBLE IGNORING THEM!!!

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A white mouse holding a chocolate cookie.

COOKIE ROLLER

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Size 5″ X 5″

I CAN THINK OF BETTER THINGS TO DO WITH THIS OREO………THEN JUST ROLLING IT …………UNLESS ROLLING IT TO MY SUPPER TABLE FOR AFTER SUPPER!!!

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A painting of a mouse on top of a green pear.

BUDDIES

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Size: 5 in x 7 in

Bonding with a perfect pear..

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A painting of a mouse with a cherry on top of a cake.

TART CART

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Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 5 in x 4 in

That tart didn’t need that cherry anyway…

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White mouse on a wedge of cheese.

CAREFUL BALANCE

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Size 6″ X 8″

THE CHEESE IS BEAUTIFULLY RENDERED AND A PAINTING OF ITS OWN……BUT ADD CHUCKY AND SO ENTERS….HUMOR…..CHUCKY ADDS A SPECIAL…….LIGHTHEARTED ELEMENT TO THIS LITTLE PAINTING!

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A painting of a mouse in a lemon slice.

LEMON X-RAY

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Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 5 in x 4 in

Chucky offers the perfect garnish for your lemon drop martini!

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A painting of a mouse holding a fig.

HEALTHY DIET

Price:$700
Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 5 in x 5 in

A mouse cannot live on cookies alone, sometimes a healthy snack is a necessary balance!

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A painting of a mouse sitting in a pile of popcorn.

POPCORN SHOPPING

Price:$700
Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 5 in x 5 in

Hmmm, to take the popped kernel or the unpopped kernel with promise of a future treat? Chucky’s conundrum…

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A painting of a mouse with a stack of cookies.

COOKIE THIEF

Price: SOLD
Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 5 in x 5 in

If you’re going to filch one cookie, you might as well filch three!

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A painting of a mouse holding a yellow toy.

PEEP PATROL

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Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 5 in x 4 in

Chucky likes an Easter basket treat too!

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A painting of a mouse eating a tomato.

TOMATO SITTER

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Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 5 in x 4 in

Sofa now, salad later!

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A painting of a mouse sitting on a stack of donuts.

DONUT LOVER

Price:$2000
Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 8 in x 10 in

Can’t choose!

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A painting of a mouse looking at a christmas ornament.

IN THE SPIRIT

Price:sold
Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 8 in x 6 in

Holiday reflection…

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A painting of a mouse sitting next to a lipstick.

MY VALENTINE

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Size: 5 in x 5 in

Pucker up!

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A painting of a mouse eating grapes.

GRAPE LOVER

Price:$700
Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 5 in x 5 in

Chuckie is quite the connoisseur!

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A painting of a mouse holding an easter egg.

BEAN COLLECTOR

Price:SOLD
Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 5 in x 5 in

Gotta have one of each flavor!

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A painting of a stack of donuts.

WORTH THE CLIMB

Price:$3800
Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 20 in x 6 in

One doughnut equals 9 points in weight watchers. 19 points are allowed for the day………sooooooo with a dozen….we have a problem.

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A painting of a mouse eating a cucumber.

PICKLE POACHER

Price:$700
Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 5 in x 5 in

Pickle Poaching is healthy and great at a picnic!

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A painting of a rabbit eating a carrot.

CARROT FEAST

Price: SOLD
Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 6 in x 12 in

Every once in awhile Chucky manages to be attracted to something healthy and beneficial.

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A painting of a mouse in a macaron.

DONUT FUN

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Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 6 in x 8 in

Donuts are a most popular Stuart Dunkel to collect. It is a way to enjoy the donuts without gaining any weight!

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A painting of a mouse playing with a baseball.

FOUL BALL

Price: SOLD
Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 6 in x 8 in

A perfect painting to provide a chuckle for the avid baseball fan.

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A painting of a mouse next to a cup.

SNIFF

Price:600
Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 4 in x 5 in

Any wine appreciator is always interested in the cork!

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A painting of a mouse eating popcorn.

MOVIE PREP

Price:600
Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 4 in x 5 in

I feel like I can identify with Chuckie’s tastes and desires…….nothing like a big bowl of popcorn and a good movie.

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A painting of a mouse next to a strawberry.

GOOEY TART

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Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 5 in x 7 in

oooooo……yum. I agree with Chuckie. This tart looks like it is worth a bite!!!!!

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A painting of a mouse eating a cookie.

QUICK LUNCH

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Medium: Oil on Panel
Size:5 in x 7 in

Sometimes nutrition is not the first thought!

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A white mouse holding a slice of watermelon.

LIME SURPRISE

Price: SOLD
Medium: Oil on Panel
Size:4 in x 4 in

This green is just beautiful and so is Chucky!!!

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A painting of a mouse standing on top of a stack of donuts.

HAPPY FELLOW

Price: SOLD
Medium: Oil on Panel
Size:10 in x 8 in

Chucky has every reason to be happy on top of this stack of goodies.

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A painting of a mouse eating an oreo.

COOKIE LADDER

Price:SOLD
Medium: Oil on Panel
Size:5 in x 7 in

Tell me….who can resist an oreo???

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A painting of a white mouse eating a cherry.

CHERRY PICKER

Price:SOLD
Medium: Oil on Panel
Size:4 in x5 in

One of my favorite fruits and Chucky has chosen a perfect one.

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A painting of a mouse and a piece of fruit.

NIGHT RAID

Price:SOLD
Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 6 in x 12 in

Chucky has a huge personal collection of avocado pits. Nobody misses them!

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A painting of a mouse in an avocado.

HOTEL AVOCADO

Price:SOLD
Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 5 in x 7 in

Where does Stuart get such creative ideas and with yummy avocados!!!

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A painting of a mouse in an avocado.

AFTERNOON NAP

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Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 5 in x 7 in

Not sure I would find an avocado that comfortable for a nap……but then ….I am not a mouse!

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A painting of a mouse eating popcorn.

MUNCHIE

Price:SOLD
Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 4 in x 5 in

This is my ‘favorite’ decadent supper. I like it even without a movie!!

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A painting of a shark with its mouth open.

BRAVE ENDEAVOR

Price:SOLD
Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 10 in x 8 in

This piece made me laugh right out loud. Where did Stuart get this idea??? Such innocence.

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A painting of a mouse in a blue nest.

SNOWBALL

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Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 5 in x 7 in

In the winter it is not hard to come by a snowball…….but this one is exceptional.

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An oil painting of colorful eggs in a carton.

BROOD

Price:SOLD
Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 13 in x 16 in

Something different but still most entertaining and colorful by Stuart!

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A painting of a white mouse with a blue ball.

CHECKING IT OUT !

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Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 5 in x 7 in

I would like to check one of these out right now!
Such humor!

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A painting of a mouse holding a piece of bread.

BIG BITE

Price: SOLD
Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 5 in x 7 in

Everyone’s dream to find a cookie this big!

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A painting of a rat next to a bottle of honey.

DISAPPOINTING

Price: SOLD
Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 9 in x 12 in

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A painting of a mouse and a hot dog.

MISHAP

Price:$800
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 5 in. x 7 in.

 
GOOD FOR ECLAIR LOVERS!

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