Brenda Unwin is an East Anglian based artist whose work is in many public and private collections. Her paintings have an extraordinary luminosity and depth of colour. She works primarily in oil  on canvas or linen, sometimes underpainting with acrylic. She also works collaboratively on specific projects in a range of media (see Collaborations). 

Forthcoming Exhibition   
Spaces  Places   18th June - 3rd July 2022.
​An exhibition by Brenda Unwin and Philip Walmsley
Salthouse Church, North Norfolk, NR25 7XH.  
Drawings and paintings that although appearing non-figurative are always based upon a location and sense of place. 


The North Sea Lake    
Aarhus, Denmark. 15th October - 26th November 2021
A collaborative exhibition with Sarah Caputo investigating shared cultural, social, intellectual and ideological connections between East Anglia and Denmark both historically and in contemporary society.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QxtZ9-3YjE&ab_channel=UngdomsWebTV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53_LbyOKlKc&t=39s&ab_channel=UngdomsWebTV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUGQ7wj25TM&ab_channel=UngdomsWebTV

Fabric of the land series.  2018 - 2022


I'm fascinated by the traces left by past civilisations which scar the landscape and the sense of their touch and sensibility on the artefacts they made.
Last year I was fortunate to visit Sikkeborg Museum, Denmark, the last resting place of Tollund Man as part of a research project into the links between East Anglia and Denmark. The power of that experience is one of the factors underpinning recent work.
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​Oil on canvas, 2022, 40 cm x 40 cm
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