Laura Dunn
@lauradunnart.bsky.social
I am an artist living in Southern Maine. I am a maker, a DIYer, always using my hands - Rarely still - movement and observation and collecting and archiving the matter of everyday life. I make a LOT of stuff. No medium is off limits! (lauradunnart.com)
A few works in progress. Stay tuned for how these proceed!
May 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A few works in progress. Stay tuned for how these proceed!
Chainsaw carved large seaweed drawing. Work in progress
May 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Chainsaw carved large seaweed drawing. Work in progress
Little late in sharing this from yesterday's rally in Portland. And from what I've heard we were 4 million + - nationwide! RESIST!
April 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Little late in sharing this from yesterday's rally in Portland. And from what I've heard we were 4 million + - nationwide! RESIST!
Saturday protest! RESIST!
April 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Saturday protest! RESIST!
Incidental snow drawing
April 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Incidental snow drawing
Follow for more witticism and on point critique of the times we are in
April 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Follow for more witticism and on point critique of the times we are in
Here's what's at stake! Get your signs ready. Another nationwide Hand's Off action on April 19th!
April 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Here's what's at stake! Get your signs ready. Another nationwide Hand's Off action on April 19th!
Portland Maine against the broligarchy!
April 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Portland Maine against the broligarchy!
Representing Biddeford today at the protest in Portland!
April 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Representing Biddeford today at the protest in Portland!
Ever since learning about the list of words being purged from government websites I haven't been able to get it off my mind...
Trying to rewrite history and shape the future in so narrow a framework bereft of the wide array of human experience is unconscionable. It is censorship plain and simple.
Trying to rewrite history and shape the future in so narrow a framework bereft of the wide array of human experience is unconscionable. It is censorship plain and simple.
March 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Ever since learning about the list of words being purged from government websites I haven't been able to get it off my mind...
Trying to rewrite history and shape the future in so narrow a framework bereft of the wide array of human experience is unconscionable. It is censorship plain and simple.
Trying to rewrite history and shape the future in so narrow a framework bereft of the wide array of human experience is unconscionable. It is censorship plain and simple.
The gorgeous sculptural forms of the skunk cabbage are pushing up from the earth!
March 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The gorgeous sculptural forms of the skunk cabbage are pushing up from the earth!
Wave. Simple animation fun, made yesterday
March 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Wave. Simple animation fun, made yesterday
Stop the Coup - Peaceful protest happening Friday in Biddeford. Last week there were 200 in attendance, Let's make it 250 this week!
March 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Stop the Coup - Peaceful protest happening Friday in Biddeford. Last week there were 200 in attendance, Let's make it 250 this week!
Making experimental paint brushes. 5 new, 5 from art school in New Mexico ~90's.
L - R: agave/pine, straight pins/maple, beads, thread/poppy stem, red pineneedles/maple, seaweed/poplar, dog fur/reed, string/bone, rubber bands/pine, human hair/bamboo, human hair/spruce.
Can't wait to play with these!
L - R: agave/pine, straight pins/maple, beads, thread/poppy stem, red pineneedles/maple, seaweed/poplar, dog fur/reed, string/bone, rubber bands/pine, human hair/bamboo, human hair/spruce.
Can't wait to play with these!
March 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Making experimental paint brushes. 5 new, 5 from art school in New Mexico ~90's.
L - R: agave/pine, straight pins/maple, beads, thread/poppy stem, red pineneedles/maple, seaweed/poplar, dog fur/reed, string/bone, rubber bands/pine, human hair/bamboo, human hair/spruce.
Can't wait to play with these!
L - R: agave/pine, straight pins/maple, beads, thread/poppy stem, red pineneedles/maple, seaweed/poplar, dog fur/reed, string/bone, rubber bands/pine, human hair/bamboo, human hair/spruce.
Can't wait to play with these!
Oof. Gut punch. This is from 1945 and sounds WAY too much like the road we are on in 2025!
In March 1945, the United States War Department created an 8-page fact sheet about fascism for the Army to distribute to soldiers. Wow. This should be mandatory reading now:
archive.org/details/Army...
archive.org/details/Army...
Army Talk Orientation Fact Sheet #64 - Fascism! : Army Orientation Branch: Information and Education Division : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
March 24, 1945. Army Talk Orientation Fact Sheet #64 Fascism! A sheet printed and distributed by the United States War Department as an educational tool for...
archive.org
March 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Oof. Gut punch. This is from 1945 and sounds WAY too much like the road we are on in 2025!
An artist after my own heart! Randy Wray.
DIY, repurposing, using EVERYTHING, no limits.
DIY, repurposing, using EVERYTHING, no limits.
Randy Wray has probably used it in some of his work
nyartsmagazine.net/interview-wi...
nyartsmagazine.net/interview-wi...
Sculptural Kudzu: Randy Wray as Interviewed by Kris Scheifele - NY Arts Magazine
Kris Scheifele: To call you a multimedia artist is an understatement. Online photos don’t do justice to how intentionally dense your work is, not only in the breadth and depth of your materials and te...
nyartsmagazine.net
March 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
An artist after my own heart! Randy Wray.
DIY, repurposing, using EVERYTHING, no limits.
DIY, repurposing, using EVERYTHING, no limits.
And then there's this epic show at Buoy Gallery in Kittery, Maine. Dropped off another of my painted toothpaste tubes from my series titled, The Persistence of Seaweed on Saturday! What a feat to curate and hang so much art!
March 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
And then there's this epic show at Buoy Gallery in Kittery, Maine. Dropped off another of my painted toothpaste tubes from my series titled, The Persistence of Seaweed on Saturday! What a feat to curate and hang so much art!
Micro Museums and Tiny Galleries on their way to the miniatures show at Mayo Street Arts gallery, Portland, Maine. Opening this weekend! All works using repurposed prints on repurposed wood. Smallest gallery is 1"x1.5"!
March 2, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Micro Museums and Tiny Galleries on their way to the miniatures show at Mayo Street Arts gallery, Portland, Maine. Opening this weekend! All works using repurposed prints on repurposed wood. Smallest gallery is 1"x1.5"!
Painted toothpaste tube -
Still relevant. I still care, do you? Stand with Ukraine! Stand with Democracy!
#standwithukraine
Still relevant. I still care, do you? Stand with Ukraine! Stand with Democracy!
#standwithukraine
March 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Painted toothpaste tube -
Still relevant. I still care, do you? Stand with Ukraine! Stand with Democracy!
#standwithukraine
Still relevant. I still care, do you? Stand with Ukraine! Stand with Democracy!
#standwithukraine
Marking paint on snow, collected, melted onto paper
February 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Marking paint on snow, collected, melted onto paper
Long ago I made this digital drawing, (using a quote by Paul Cezanne) and was reminded of it today by a friend's musings on carrots ...
Let's all channel the power of the humble CARROT!
Let's all channel the power of the humble CARROT!
February 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Long ago I made this digital drawing, (using a quote by Paul Cezanne) and was reminded of it today by a friend's musings on carrots ...
Let's all channel the power of the humble CARROT!
Let's all channel the power of the humble CARROT!
As Maine goes so goes the nation! Let's hope!
This speech by Sen. Angus King of Maine is well worth listening to. I hope at least some of the Republicans listening really heard what he had to say. It’s not too late to stand up for democracy! @hcrichardson.bsky.social Thank you for sharing this in your Substack today. youtu.be/g2ptQFOi9Pg?...
“Thoughtless and Dangerous” King says on Senate Floor in Response to Trump Administration Firings
YouTube video by Senator Angus S. King, Jr.
youtu.be
February 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
As Maine goes so goes the nation! Let's hope!
As Maine goes so goes the nation!
February 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
As Maine goes so goes the nation!
Rockweed
New digital drawing
New digital drawing
February 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Rockweed
New digital drawing
New digital drawing