Hollis Dunlap is part of the emerging group of artists who painstakingly study the old masters such as Caravaggio and Vermeer while being fully informed by modernists such as Diebenkorn. The mixture of precise draftsmanship with spontaneous brushwork and contrasting areas of thick and thin pigments echo Dunlap's immersion of the classic and contemporary. Dunlap lives, paints and teaches in Connecticut and numbers among his collectors the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Professional Experience Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme CT, Instructor in figure painting, figure drawing, landscape painting, still life painting, 2002-present Garde Arts Center, New London CT, Worked on restoration project of interior of the theater Instructor of figure painting and drawing classes, 1999-2003 Mystic Arts Center, Mystic CT, Instructor in figure drawing, painting, and composition, 2003-04 Lyman Allyn Museum, New London CT, Instructor in drawing and composition, 2008 Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme CT, Instructor in figure drawing, painting for pre-college and continuing education, 2004-06 Education Graduated from St Johnsbury Academy in 1995 BFA from Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts in 1999 Awards National Arts Club Student Show first prize 2 consecutive years while at Lyme Academy 1st prize at Copley Society Student Show while at Lyme Academy Stobart Fellowship from Lyme Academy Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant 2 times Adele K. Paier prize, New Haven Paint and Clay club Best in show, Mystic Arts Center annual group show Solo/Group shows: Solo show, Stobart Fellowship, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, 2001 Group show, Hygienic Galleries, New London CT 2003 Solo show, Axelle Fine Arts, NY, NY 2005 Solo show, Axelle Fine Arts, Boston MA, 2008 Solo show, Axelle Fine Arts NY, NY, 2009 Solo show, Axelle Fine Arts, Boston MA, 2010 Solo show, Axelle Fine Arts, Boston MA, 2011 "Celebrating Lyme's Beauty", Lyman Allyn Art Museum, 2011 Q Art Salon "Drawn In" group show, Los Angeles CA, 2013 California Museum of Fine Art, Fall Exhibition, Los Angeles CA, 2013 Winter Group Show, Axelle Fine Arts, New York NY, 2013 Summer Collection, Axelle Fine Arts, New York NY, 2013 Group Exhibition, Gallery 1261, Denver CO, 2013 Illuminations, solo show, Axelle Fine Arts, Boston MA, 2013 Q Art Salon "Figured Out", group show, Los Angeles CA, 2013 "Doors of Perception", Six Summit Gallery, Ivoryton CT, 2014 Structure and Space, solo show, Axelle Fine Arts, New York, NY, 2014