The Artist Magazine

A lyrical eye

Together with her husband, Bernard Dunstan RA and previous longtime consultant editor of The Artist (who died in 2017), these two leading figurative artists interwove their personal and creative lives during a marriage of over 70 years.

‘I think I was born making things’, Diana comments to Andrew Lambirth, whose interview with her forms the narrative throughout the book. Initially she studied at Bournemouth, Slade and Central art schools, starting out as a talented textile designer. She turned to painting in the

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