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This painting depicts life's Balance; how our lives are unbalanced spending time on the things we have to do as opposed to what we like to do. The use of the children's blocks is a reflection of childhood and how the older we get the more unbalanced the life scales become.

Welcome to David Dunne Art: Portrait paintings from the world of Music, Sport and Film. Artist Statement As an artist I am constantly striving to improve my technique. I want to create realistic portraits that capture more than just a likeness of the subject. Loosing myself in the detail is where my pleasure lies. For example spending hour after hour painting the smaller details that make a portrait special, with every different element wanting to be as important as the next; as American Architect Louis Khan said ‘Even a brick wants to be something’ and in a portrait painting a button on a shirt needs as much attention as an eye or mouth. I will continue to paint and improve as an artist because developing my craft is the most...