Colleen has been a professional artist and graphic designer for more that Thirty years.  She has exhibited in Illinois, Indiana, Texas and Wisconsin. Her work is in over 50 public and private collections.

Dunkel studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, St. Dominic College, Elmhurst College and holds a BA in Communication and the Arts from the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay. 

She taught pre-school in El Paso, Texas and teaches art workshops for elementary children and children at risk.  Her most resent activity is with Green Bay’s own Art Garage SAW program.  She teaches K-8 Art at Notre Dame of DePere School.

 

“I'll often play with the same theme for several paintings.  I love to experiment with different processes and push a theme as far as possible. It means that I often destroy the original image. It's a risk worth taking because I learn so much by taking chances. Every project ties to amazing stories that exist long before the project starts and stories that develop while the project evolves.  Each work is filled with passion and wonder and marvelous stories, happy stories, tragic stories, parables, and fables.  You're invited to look through my eyes as we unfold new stories and chronicle my discoveries in fresh narrative and fresh oils.”