William Dunn Artworks Gallery

• Sausalito Saturday

  Watercolor, Paper, 21 x 10. Done on-the-spot while working from the sidewalk, this is a view looking up at all the homes that overlook the water toward Tiboron on the Northern side of San Francisco Bay in California. Sa…

• Coit Liquors

  Watercolor, Paper, 17 " x 11". This is the painting I did while being video-taped by the crew and interviewed by Graeme Stevenson for the Australian TV Show "Colour in Your Life". It's a scene from the North Beach area…

• 5th and Parnassus

  Watercolor, Panel, 12 x 12. This is a view looking down Parnassus St. in San Francisco. It's right outside the entrance to the University of California San Francisco Dental School. It was done on a specially prepared wo…

• Scoma's II

  Watercolor, Paper, 12" x 19". Scoma's is a long-standing family owned seafood restaurant on the wharf in San Francisco. This is second time I've painted it, but this time I did the painting plein aire, rather than in my…

• Dockside

  Watercolor, 11.5 x 18

• Tommy's Marine

  Watercolor, Paper, 18 x 12. This is a scene from the docked fishing boats moored in Nolo Harbor near Fort Bragg on the Northern California coast.

• Harvest

  Watercolor, Paper, 12.5 x 18.5. Workers are picking pumpkins and other melons on a farm off the main entrance road into Pescadero, a small town about 12 miles South of Half Moon Bay, and two miles inland, in the coastal…

• Calistoga Vineyard

  Watercolor, Paper, 11" x 15". A vineyard scene, done plein air, from the Calistoga wine area in Northern California.

• Night in North Beach

  Watercolor, Paper, 18" x 12". A night time scene from the the North Beach section of San Francisco.

• Prada

  Watercolor, 29 x 21. The Italian entry in the recent America's Cup races on San Francisco Bay.

• Max and Irene

  Watercolor, Paper, 12" x 15". These two fishing boats sat side by side, like two old friends, at the marina in Morro Bay, California.

• Entrance to Pillar Point Marina

  Watercolor, Paper, 8" x 11". This late afternoon scene, done on the spot as the clouds started forming, shows the road and pier leading to the Pillar Point Marina in Princeton, California.

• Princeton Harbor

  Watercolor, Paper, 12.5" x 18.5". This is a view of the sleepy coastal community and harbor in Princeton, California. The famous surfing competion at Maverick's is held just outside this harbor.

• Oceanside Pier

  Watercolor, Paper, 18" x 12". Oceanside Pier on a sunny afternoon.

• Laguna Sands

  Watercolor, Paper, 10' x 15'. Volleyball on the main beach in Laguna Beach, Caliofornia

• Oil Rig

  Watercolor, Paper, 19" x 12". Offshore scene on a quiet evening.

• Night Wharf

  Watercolor, Paper, 13" x 9". This scene is looking at Fisherman's Wharf at night from the working side of the water.

• OracleTeamUSA

  Watercolor, Paper, 21 x 29. This is Oracle Team USA in the 2013 America's Cup races sailing against Emirates Team New Zealand on San Francisco Bay.

• Duel

  Watercolor, Paper, 29 x 21. This is a tense scene from the recent 2013 America's Cup races between the finalists, Oracle Team USA and Emirates Team New Zealand.

• Marker 4

  Watercolor, Paper, 21 x 29. This is Emirates Team New Zealand vs. Oracle Team USA competing in the 2013 America's Cup sailboat racing series on San Francisco Bay.

• Prada's Luna Rossa

  Watercolor, Paper, 29 x 21. This sailing image is from the 2013 America's Cup sailboat racing series on San Francisco Bay. This boat is the Italian entry from the Prada sponsored boat "Luna Rossa". These newly developed…

• Saturday

  Watercolor, Paper, 15 x 11. Laguna Beach is a very popular place in the Southern California "beach scene" arena. This view is looking northerly on the main beach, with quite a few people still hanging out in the late af…

• Laguna Beach Sketch

  Watercolor, Paper, 5.5" x 3.5". This little sketch was done as a study for a larger painting to be done in the future. The viewpoint is looking northerly on the "main beach" in Laguna. I "compressed" the view just for f…

• Dusk

  Watercolor, 11 x 17. Very late afternoon in the country.

• Red Umbrella

  Paper, 11.5 x 15. A warm day on the beach on Coronado Island, California.

• Red Lanterns

  Watercolor, Paper, 19" x 13". Downtown in San Francisco's Chinatown at Washington Street.

• Evening Rain

  Watercolor, 24" x -18". A rainy evening on the wharf area in San Diego, California.

• Sunset Cliffs

  Watercolor, Paper, 12" x 18". Crashing waves hitting the cliffs in the Sunset Cliffs area near La Jolla, California.

• "Friends"

  Watercolor, 12" x 19". Kids hanging out on the water's edge during the last few days of Summer.

• "Wet"

  Watercolor, 18" x 26". A rainy day on the steets of downtown San Diego, California.

• Ballerina

  Graphite and Watercolor, Paper, 10" x 8"

• Down Clay Street

  Watercolor, 19.5 x 14. This scene is looking down Clay St. in Chinatown in San Francisco from above Stockton Street. The San Francisco Bay and Bridge are in the background.

• Palace of Fine Arts

  Watercolor, Paper, 23 x 17.5. This was a late afternoon scene at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Built for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition, it remains a grand old structure and great attraction in the city.

• La Taqueria

  Watercolor, 19" x 12". This restaurant sits on Mission St. in the Mission District of San Francisco. Music from South of the border can be heard everywhere. The smell of freshly cooking Mexican food is in the air. Lots…

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• Shelter Island Boatyard

  Watercolor, Paper, 12" x 19". The Shelter Island Boatyard in San Diego, California.

• Ariel Standing

  Watercolor, Paper, 14" x 11"

• Michelle

  Pencil, Paper, 12" x 9"

• Jackson Street Crowd

  Watercolor, Paper, 19 x 12.25'. it was a busy Saturday afternoon in Chinatown in San Francisco with lots of energy and a typical San Francisco feeling.

• Michelle's Black Top

  Watercolor, 13" x 10"

• Sunday in Crockett

  Watercolor, 12" x 18". This is a scene of a sleepy little street on a rainy Sunday morning in Crockett, CA, which sits partially under the Carquinez Strait Bridge off Hwy 80.

• Striped Pants

  Watercolor, 14.5 x 11"

• Spire

  Watercolor, 19 x 12. This quiet moody scene of the St. Peter and St. Paul Church on Filbert St. in San Francisco really caught my attention.

• Leaning Man

  Graphite and Watercolor, Paper, 11" x 8". A sketch of this man who appeared to be very aggressive in his stance.

• Crockett Marine

  Watercolor, 18" x 24". This is the full-sheet version of Crockett Marine done after the half-sheet study. I've done a different sky treatment and tweaked details here and there.

• Study for Crockett Marine

  11.5 x -. Rain was really coming down as a group of people left the "Nantucket" Restaurant. I used to stop and eat here with friends on weekend motorcycle rides. I always remembered the charm of the area.

• The Harp Tuner

  Oil, Paper, 18 x -. This scene occurred some minutes before the San Jose State University Orchestra had a performance. All alone on the stage, the harp player was the only musician tuning his instrument. His sensitivity…

• Hotel Potter

  Watercolor, 17" x 11". Hotel Potter is an old hotel in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco. It's not the nicest part of town but the area does have a lot of character and grit in it's atmosphere, which I like a lot…

• The Women

  Graphite and Watercolor, Paper, 9.5" x 14.5". Quick poses all put together on the same piece of paper.

• Wang Chung Co.

  Watercolor, 14.5 x 10.5. The hectic pace and array of color in San Francisco's Chinatown always attracts my attention. This painting was selected to be in "Best of America Watermedia Artists - 2010"- Volume Two. Prints…

• Trattoria Pinocchio

  Watercolor, 18" x 13". This busy Trattoria sits in the main area of historic North Beach in San Francisco. Prints of it can be ordered at williamdunn.imagekind.com.

• Blue Lady

  Graphite and Watercolor, Paper, 10" x 8". Her curly hair across the side of her face made it difficult to see her facial details, but the simple pose had elegance to it and caught my eye.

• Ameyoko

  Watercolor, 13.5" x 10.5". A busy street in the American Section of Tokyo, Japan. This area was the center of "black market" activity after the war. Prints of it can be ordered at williamdunn.imagekind.com.

• Blond Lady

  Graphite and Watercolor, 10.5" x 6.5". It was a challenge to draw this delicate skinned blond lady with her head drooped over and get it right.

• Red Blanket

  Graphite and Watercolor, Paper, 9" x 8". The light on the model's pose added drama to the pose. Price includes 16" x 20" Antique White 8-ply acid free mat and shipping in the U.S.

• Orange

  Graphite and Watercolor, 10.5" x 7.5". This simple pose still had lots of character. Price includes 16" x 20" Antique White 8-ply acid free mat and shipping in the U.S.

• Mission St. Produce

  Watercolor, 13.5" x 10.5". Always lively and colorful - The Mission District in San Francisco.

• Wharf

  Watercolor, 14.5 x 22. This fishing boat against the section of San Francisco wharf with Ghirardelli Square in the background was so real and compelling without being touristy.

• Scoma's

  Watercolor, 13.5 x 10.5. Scoma's is a long-time family owned Seafood Restaurant on a pier in Fisherman's Wharf - San Francisco This painting was selected to be in the "Best of America Watermedia - 2010"-Volume Two

• Upper Market

  Watercolor, 12.5" x 19.5". This is San Francisco's "Upper Market Street" area on an early evening. This piece is a re-do of the first painting of this scene which was stolen from the gallery. I didn't want the thief to…

• White Shoulder

  Graphite and Watercolor, Paper, 9.5" x 7". Price includes 16" x 20" Antique White 8-ply acid-free mat and shipping in the U.S

• Morning Star Fishery

  Watercolor, 14" x 11.5". It was a calm gray day on the wharf at Half Moon Bay, CA Prints of it can be ordered at williamdunn.imagekind.com.

• Standing on One Leg

  Graphite and Watercolor, Paper, 10" x 7". The light on this man's back was a challenge to get in one wash. Available through the Art People Gallery in San Francisco.

• Rain

  Watercolor, 20.5" x 16.5". A study in rainy day reflections. Prints of it can be ordered at williamdunn.imagekind.com.

• Kneeling Woman

  Graphite and Watercolor, 11" x 8". This was an experiment on the new to me "Yupo" paper. The paint does does interesting things with the texture. Price includes antique white 16" x 20" 8-ply acid-free mat and shipping i…

• Lazzari Fuel Co.

  Watercolor, 13" x 22". A great old building in Brisbane, California just oozes character. It's the plant for Lazzari Fuel Company which produces Mesquite Charcoal and other items. Prints of it can be ordered at williamd…

• Looking Back

  Graphite and Watercolor, Paper, 8" x 8.5". A "Rubenesque" blonde woman with beautiful skin looking over her right shoulder. Price includes 16" x 20" Antique White 8-ply acid-free mat and shipping in the U.S.

• Washington Street

  Watercolor, 13" x 11". Chinatown - San Francisco. Prints of it can be ordered at williamdunn.imagekind.com.

• Five Ladies

  Graphite and Watercolor, Paper, 8.5" x 13". A series of quick sketches of the same lady.

• Night Trolley

  Watercolor, 17.5" x 12". California Street at night in San Francisco. Prints of it can be ordered at williamdunn.imagekind.com.

• Man on a Stool

  Graphite and Watercolor, 12" x 7.5". This man had a strong back. Tried to capture it in the light.

• Just off State Street

  Watercolor, 20" x 16". Sunday morning in Santa Barbara a block off of State Street.

• Liquor Store

  Watercolor, 11.5 x 16. This unassuming liquor store on the East Side of San Jose, California had more charm and character than I ever would have expected from such a place.

• Shodoshima

  Watercolor, 16" x 20". A Quiet Fishing Village on the Inland Sea of Japan. This area is known for growing olive trees and making shoyu (soy sauce). Prints of it can be ordered at williamdunn.imagekind.com.

• Red Hair & Black Socks

  Graphite and Watercolor, Paper, 11.5" x 7". My favorite model of the day. Sassy and fun to draw!

• Evening in North Beach

  Watercolor, 19" x 11.5". Another View of "Gino & Carlo"

• Red Hair - Purple Flower

  Graphite and Watercolor, Paper, 11" x 7.5". This young sassy woman took the best poses of the day. Very compelling to draw! Price includes white 16" x 20" 8-ply acid-free mat and shipping in the U.S.

• Castro Theater

  Watercolor, 14" x 11". This grand old lady just had to be painted.

• Rose Scarf - Black Sleeves

  Graphite and Watercolor, Paper, 11" x 8". Hands are hard! This is the best left hand I ever drew in my life!! I loved this model! How could I not do a good job with this woman! Price includes white 16" x 20" 8-ply acid-…

• Seated Blonde

  Graphite and Watercolor, Paper, 10.5" x 8.5". Such a young and innocent face... such a challenge to draw and capture. Price includes white 16" x 20" 8-ply acid-free mat and shipping in the U.S.