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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Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 5 in x 7 in
THE BEST GUACAMOLE YOU WILL EVER TRY!
AFTER THE MOVIE
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Size 4″ x 5″
SOOOOO SORRY TO DISAPPOINT YOU CHUCKY BUT THERE IS NO POPCORN LEFT AFTER I WATCH A MOVIE…….YUM
THE BEST PART
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WELL HONESTLY ……….WHO WOULD THINK OF SEPARATING THE PIMENTO ….BUT CHUCKY DID!!!!
CAPTIVE OLIVE
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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.
CHERRY DELIVERY
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ONLY MY HUSBAND DISLIKES CHERRIES. I COULD EAT THEM AND WOULD THANK CHUCKY FOR HIS DELIVERY.
GOLDEN KISS
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WHO……..can resist a Kiss???? And a GOLDEN KISS is the best!!!
DONUT CRAZY
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Size 6″ x 8″
DONUTS ARE A HUGE WEAKNESS FOR CHUCKY. HE HAS TROUBLE IGNORING THEM!!!
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!!!
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!
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!
HEALTHY DIET
Price:$700
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Size: 5 in x 5 in
A mouse cannot live on cookies alone, sometimes a healthy snack is a necessary balance!
POPCORN SHOPPING
Price:$700
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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…
COOKIE THIEF
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Size: 5 in x 5 in
If you’re going to filch one cookie, you might as well filch three!
PEEP PATROL
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Size: 5 in x 4 in
Chucky likes an Easter basket treat too!
GRAPE LOVER
Price:$700
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Size: 5 in x 5 in
Chuckie is quite the connoisseur!
BEAN COLLECTOR
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Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 5 in x 5 in
Gotta have one of each flavor!
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.
PICKLE POACHER
Price:$700
Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 5 in x 5 in
Pickle Poaching is healthy and great at a picnic!
CARROT FEAST
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Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 6 in x 12 in
Every once in awhile Chucky manages to be attracted to something healthy and beneficial.
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.
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!!!!!
QUICK LUNCH
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Medium: Oil on Panel
Size:5 in x 7 in
Sometimes nutrition is not the first thought!
LIME SURPRISE
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Medium: Oil on Panel
Size:4 in x 4 in
This green is just beautiful and so is Chucky!!!
HAPPY FELLOW
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Medium: Oil on Panel
Size:10 in x 8 in
Chucky has every reason to be happy on top of this stack of goodies.
COOKIE LADDER
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Medium: Oil on Panel
Size:5 in x 7 in
Tell me….who can resist an oreo???
CHERRY PICKER
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Medium: Oil on Panel
Size:4 in x5 in
One of my favorite fruits and Chucky has chosen a perfect one.
NIGHT RAID
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Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 6 in x 12 in
Chucky has a huge personal collection of avocado pits. Nobody misses them!
HOTEL AVOCADO
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Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 5 in x 7 in
Where does Stuart get such creative ideas and with yummy avocados!!!
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!
BRAVE ENDEAVOR
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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.
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!