Rebecca
Dunn

​I collect water from the places that inspire my paintings because I want the work to hold more than my memory of a landscape. I want it to contain something of the place itself. Collecting the water has become a small ritual of paying attention, an excuse to get outside, often with my son, to slow down and notice where I am.  There is something that feels almost magical about bringing that water back into the studio and allowing it to move through the painting. I can choose where I go, what I gather, and what I put on the paper, but once the water is released, it has a life of its own.