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Samuel Dunson, Jr.

Samuel L. Dunson, Jr.

(b. 1970) lives in Nashville
Sweet Nothings in a Goddess’ Ear, 2008
mixed media on canvas, 35 x 50 inches, 2009.54.5

Dunson received his B.S. in studio art at Tennessee State University and his M.F.A. in painting at Savannah College of Art and Design. He regularly exhibits his paintings regionally as well as nationally.  His works have been reported and critiqued in art journals and newspapers alike.

Themes including love, acceptance of life and death, my role as a black male in this society and my role as a husband and father are prevalent in my most recent work. – Dunson