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Inspired by the vivid colors of impressionist art and infused with an extraordinary love of life, The Traveling Artist follows painter and writer Missy Dunaway's voyages over five years, spanning four continents, intimately rendered by hand into the pages of her journals. As a Fulbright Fellow, solo-traveler, and artist-in-residence, Missy traverses a variety of terrain, from urban Istanbul to Morocco's Sahara Desert to bucolic Iceland. Gorgeous paintings instantly transport readers through the hand and eye of an artist with the spirit of a poet. Complementing her artwork is a special introduction that reflects on the development of her process as a traveling artist, along with explanations of her artistic techniques, including how to best capture fleeting moments while on the move. Every reader- whether armchair or voyager-will journey with Missy and witness as her sketchbook becomes a beloved travel companion. Readers just might be inspired to take the same road, paintbrush in hand.
About the author
Missy Dunaway is an artist and illustrator with a penchant for storytelling. Her work has been featured by Penguin Books, Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, Travel + Leisure, The National Audubon Society, Passion Passport, and in published books. Her artwork exhibits internationally and has been acquired by public and private institutions including Carnegie Mellon University and the Folger Shakespeare Library of Washington DC.
Missy received her Bachelor’s Degree in Humanities and Arts from Carnegie Mellon University in 2010. In 2013 she was awarded a Fulbright Research Fellowship to study Anatolian textiles in Istanbul and in 2019 she won the inaugural “Envoy by Four Seasons” artist collaboration award by Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, for which she traveled to Vietnam. Most recently, she was awarded a New Student Full Fellowship to the Academy of Realist Art in Boston, where she is currently studying. Missy’s home studio is based in Portland, Maine. She is represented by Portland Art Gallery and is a featured instructor on Creativebug.com.
Summary
Inspired by the vivid colors of impressionist art and infused with an extraordinary love of life, The Traveling Artist follows painter and writer Missy Dunaway’s voyages over five years, spanning four continents, intimately rendered by hand into the pages of her journals. As a Fulbright Fellow, solo-traveler, and artist-in-residence, Missy traverses a variety of terrain, from urban Istanbul to Morocco’s Sahara Desert to bucolic Iceland. Gorgeous paintings instantly transport readers through the hand and eye of an artist with the spirit of a poet. Complementing her artwork is a special introduction that reflects on the development of her process as a traveling artist, along with explanations of her artistic techniques, including how to best capture fleeting moments while on the move. Every reader— whether armchair or voyager—will journey with Missy and witness as her sketchbook becomes a beloved travel companion. Readers just might be inspired to take the same road, paintbrush in hand.
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Maybe you’ve read more than your fair share of words
this year (same, TBH) and would rather be entranced by illustrations of the
world around you. Missy Dunaway’s visual journal was SELF’s commerce editor’s
coffee table book of choice this year, with impressionist paintings of Iceland,
Morocco, and other destinations across the globe
Self Magazine, November 23, 2021
