Robert Charles Dunahay

I have always been fascinated by the range of messages and information conveyed by color and its effect on emotion and mood. I wanted to explore how these messages change through the manipulation of color. To achieve this I had to overcome such myths as the sky is blue, and the grass is green. Purposely rendering the palms in fantastic and boldly unnatural colors produced several important results. First, the paintings attained a visual excitement and an immediate impact typical of the Pop art movement. Secondly, the visual message shifted from image to that of color. The palm image was now an icon, a stable symbol around which I could explore and experiment with color theory.

Robert Charles Dunahay Images:
Erin
Gregory
Koala
Money Trunk
Purple Haze