Party Entertainer – Dan Dunn
Dan Dunn is one among the most popular speed painter and party entertainer specializing in entertaining corporate functions. He has over 30 years of experience in caricature and painting. He is even a winner of many national awards. He has portrayed several famous personalities in his caricatures some of whom are Jimmy Buffett, former President George H.W.Bush, Ray Childress, Joe Theisman, Warren Moon, Sting, Fran Tarkenton and Bob Lanier, the Mayor of Houston. One of his paintings is preserved in NASA in which he has portrayed the brave men and women who were part of the Columbia shuttle mission.
He learnt painting at the State University of Sam Houston in Huntsville, Texas. Oil painting and water color are his forte and he also does life drawing and sculpture painting. He is a full time caricaturist now though earlier he worked for advertising/graphic design business. He is a very busy party entertainer and party planners have to book him well in advance else they won’t be able to avail his services. He has appeared on popular shows such as The Carson Daly show and The Ellen Show. Through his performances he has entertained dignitaries like Bill Cosby, Shaquille O’Neil, Natalie Cole, Sir Richard Branson, Lionel Richie and the Turkish Prime Minister-Recep Tayyip Erdogan.