Dunlop’s twenty-two paintings and wonderful body of etchings explore themes and subject matter inspired by her travels to Europe and Asia as well as the beauty of the everyday as seen in fruit, flowers, objects and vistas found in and around her home in Adelaide. 

The influence of the European Masters is evident in many of Dunlop’s still-lifes. The softness of light in Studio Table, 2006 and the interesting arrangement of bottles in Still Life with Crescent Moon, 2005 is reminiscent of Morandi. Dunlop’s The Departure, 2007 is a delicately-composed Italianate still-life. A romantic, pastoral fresco background shows a young mother farewelling her beau from the banks of a lake. The calm waters present Dunlop’s warm earthenware vases, bowls and golden summer fruits in crisp, clear light. This Italian influence is reprised in another smaller, more intimate painting Still Life with Pastoral Scene, 2007. 

Oriental themes figure in Floating World, 2006, a painting of mural dimension, which includes bonsai, lotus, lilies, Cambodian dancers and exotic umbrellas. 

As well as the romance of Europe and exotics of Asia, Dunlop has also captured the familiarity of home. Four garden scenes in lush greens dotted with delicate blossoms exemplify Dunlop’s skill with the brush and her eye for detail. Flowers become the focus of a number of works in which intricate floral arrangements draw on the tradition of Dutch flower paintings as seen in Pineapple Still Life, 2006 and Flowergirl, 2007 whose hat is also somewhat reminiscent of the Italian Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s portraits assembled from fruit and flowers.