Upon returning to the United States, she studied illustration under Howard Pyle, founder of the Brandywine School.
It was through the absorption of Pyle's particular style and teaching during these five years that the tradition and center known as the "Brandywine School" emerged.
Dunn was one of a small group of Pyle's defining students who were to revolutionize the illustration world and today are collectively known as the Brandywine School.
He started choreographing dance with the Brandywine School of Ballet in 1995.
He returned to art, inspired by Frank Frazetta and illustrators of the Brandywine School.
The glass-wall lobby overlooks Brandywine Creek and rolling countryside that inspired the Brandywine School earlier in the early 20th century.
Other influences included the Brandywine School founded by Howard Pyle.
Howard Pyle: Writer, Illustrator, Founder of the Brandywine School.
She left to take classes under Howard Pyle, first at Drexel and then at the Brandywine School.
While she is clearly of the Brandywine School of art, she has developed her own distinctive style.