Hey there!
welcome back to my studio....for this, my last post of 2014, I thought I would focus on the other work I do that gets tons and tons of hits--my dancing drawings! This year I had my first solo exhibition featuring these drawings. Normally, I view drawing as a means to an end because as a story-teller, I am using it as a visual language to communicate but this project was just about the act of drawing--and drawing the thing I love to draw the most which is the figure in motion. I'm not much of a dancer but I love to watch it and even more, I love to draw it. I'm not a fine artist and I never had any ambitions of being a gallery-type artist so it was a really nice treat to have had this experience. Thanks, Altered Esthetics, for putting it on! And here, direct to you, is the full collection:
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| Company BLU, 2013 |
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| Dancing Arms, 2013 |
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| Saut de Chat Arabesque, 2013 |
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| Twirling, 2013 |
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| Twist, 2013 |
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| Spiral Arms, 2013 |
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| Zenon 2, 2013 |
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| Zenon Arms, 2013 |
And here is a bunch of solo poses:
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| Solo Poses, 2013 |
It was really fun to have an opening with all my friends and a bunch of strangers! And overall the show had a super positive response, which was really cool...here's a pic of me at the show (this one is my fave:)
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| Beckaroooooo!!! 2014 |
But there was even more! I submitted some other dancing themed work for a juried show at the Las Lagunas Gallery in LA and I got in! Well...this piece got in:
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| Ballerina Graffiti 3, 2013 |
I really liked the moody lighting in that photo so I made these, too:
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| Dancer Adjusting Her Shoe, 2014 |
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| Neon Tutu, 2014 |
I did a few more of these but I'm running out of time and space! So those are the ones you get.
My favorite part of this project was getting to sit in on rehearsals and dance classes and to see and draw the dancers in action right in front of me--it was such a fun experience working on this series and huge ego boost to boot! haha ...But, alas, I haven't been able to pursue it recently because I've been so busy with my book and other things and that's cool--I really enjoyed the experience--I'm sure I'll do more in the future, in the meantime--thanks for all the hits and all the encouragement and compliments--I love compliments!! :-)))
I hope you had a good 2014, mine was pretty cool, I must say.
Thanks for visiting and I'll see you next year! :-)
Love, Beckaroooooo!!!!!
Have you considered trying to draw martial arts, such as Tai Chi? I think you could do an equally wonderful job with that.
ReplyDeleteHmmm...I haven't thought about martial arts but I have thought about yoga, gymnastics or figure skating. I think any of those would be fun...something to think about for the future, I suppose. (:
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