Painter, printmaker and teacher, born in Aberdeen, where he attended Gray’s School of Art, 1969–74, eventually returning there as printmaking subject leader. After studying at Gray’s, Dunbar was etching technician at Peacock Printmakers, 1978–86; visiting artist-tutor at Louisiana State University, America, 1986; also a visiting lecturer at various art schools. Awards included a series of travel awards across Europe and to America; the RSA’s Meyer Oppenheim Award, 1976 (he was made an RSA associate in 1990); its Latimer Award in 1978, the year he set up the Amsterdam Studio for the Scottish Arts Council; the RSA Guthrie Award, 1984; and Shell Expro and the RSA Highland Society of London Awards in the early 1990s. In 1987 Dunbar won 1st Prize in the Paisley Art Institute Drawing Competion, two years after winning the 2nd Prize.