Let's Dance
A study of movement, capturing the essence of dance in works large and small. Inspired by the fluid motion of the body in performance of dance and song. The images vary in style and palette while capturing the spirit of music’s physical rhythms.
This work was Exhibited at NTC @ Liberty Station, Mandell Weiss Gallery, Dance Place, 2650 Truxtun Road, Building 175, San Diego CA from May thru July 2013.
Tango
After seeing the Tango performed live in Argentina I was compelled to capture the passion of the dancers.
The drawings are studies for my series of paintings exhibited in 2009. They are "drawn" with paint squirted from a bottle, trying to catch the fluid motion of dance.
The paintings were wide ranging in the original series which is now mainly in private collections. I was working with different locations for my dance partners and playing with line shape and color as usual.
Tango Dancers drawing #4
Acrylic paint on paper
framed 22 x 28 inches
Tango Dancers drawing #3
Acrylic paint on paper
framed 22 x 28 inches
Tango Dancers drawing #2
Acrylic paint on paper
framed 22 x 28 inches
Tango Dancers drawing #1
Acrylic paint on paper
framed 22 x 28 inches
The Tango series was a wonderful experience. I was using some of the square patterns I had been working with before. And I also included singers and just tried to capture the feeling of the dance. I explored a lot of variety within the basic form.
Stained Glass Tango
Acrylic on Canvas
30 x 30 in
Swingin' Singer
Acrylic on Canvas
36 x 48 in
Do You Want to Tango?
Acrylic on Canvas
24 x 36 in
Wire Women
For a long time I have been celebrating the female figure in line on paper and canvas. The series stretches across several decades. There have been many variations but the essential depiction of the gracefulness is a constant.
It is an exploration of the use of line to capture form. The content is about joy and being happy in a physical way. Women face a lot of issues around body size and I want to express that there is beauty in every size and shape.
Green Goddess
Acrylic on Canvas
24 x 24 in
Feather Dancer
Acrylic on Canvas
30 x 40 in
Primitive 99 (aka Banana Descending a Staircase)--SOLD
Acrylic on Canvas
24 x 24 in
Rehearsal
Acrylic on Canvas
22 x 28 inches
Fluid Form--SOLD
Acrylic on Canvas
24 x 30 inches
Dashing thru the snow
Acrylic on Canvas
22 x 28 inches
Graceful Swirl
Acrylic on Canvas
36 x 36 inches
Tonia Dancing
Acrylic on Canvas
36 x 36 inches
Painting with Pattern
Colorful, moving, staring back, emerging, leaning in, coming forward—I paint the figure with an eye towards the universal appeal of a woman. From portraits to iconic images, from subtle to subversive, from large scale to intimate—the pictures are about the beauty in the form.
One of the variables I use in this exploration is pattern. The repetition of shape, color and line. There seems to be an infinite number of ways to apply pattern.
Golden Girl
Acrylic on Canvas
28 x 22 in
Waiting Backstage
Acrylic on Canvas
24 x 30 in
3 Girl Swirl
Acrylic on Canvas
28 x 22 inches
Barista Swirl
Acrylic on Canvas
24 x 24 inches
Sunshine Swirl
Acrylic on Canvas
24 x 24 inches
Seaside Swirl
Acrylic on Canvas
24 x 24 inches
Psychic Swirl
Acrylic on Canvas
24 x 24 inches
Coming Out
Acrylic on Canvas
24 x 30 inches
Boogie On
Acrylic on Canvas
24 x 24 inches
The Toughest Girl Alive
These paintings were originally done for the world premiere of The Toughest Girl Alive at Moxie Theatre on January 15, 2011. Javier Velasco directed and choreographed the show.
I painted four portraits of local Blues star Candye Kane, for her title role. They fit with my theme of painting women in performance and celebrating women of all sizes and shapes. Her most powerful image is singing on stage. She has portrayed super hero and boxer characters for her music CDs.
Candye Kane, Toughest Girl Alive
Acrylic on Canvas
36 x 48 in
Candye Kane, Live on Stage
Acrylic on Canvas
36 x 48 in
Candye Kane, Knockout
Acrylic on Canvas
24 x 36 in
Candye Kane, Star
hand-colored linocut (print)
9 x 12 inches, framed to 16 x 20
This piece was added June 7. It is the only print in the show.
Candye Kane, Wonder Woman
Acrylic on Canvas
24 x 36 in
This piece was also exhibited at the San Diego Women's History Museum
as part of their Wonder Women show, summer 2013