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This first drawing is from two minute poses layered on one piece of paper.         Using this drawing as a reference,  I expanded the ideas with color to larger work using oil.

https://youtu.be/0kpr8snxvI4 I have been an artist all of my life, first as a dancer, choreographer and now a painter. Choreographing has influence how I think about painting.  Many of the same principles of structuring a dance can be applied to the page/canvas.

From this drawing,  I went into my art studio to play with expanding my work into different sizes and mediums.  I also play with color which is another struggle. I first start in watercolor and watercolor crayon.  Sometimes I add gouache especially white to calm the...

Abstracting the body with a set behind in a drawing involves simplifying the shapes, lines, and forms of the body and the set. Geometric shapes and curves are rendered in a minimalistic, and abstract way by emphasizing certain lines and shapes. When expanding a...

  From my drawings with a live model, I go back to my art studio.  I first play with more drawings on larger paper, then to watercolor with colored crayons and eventually to even larger work in oil. Each medium offers its own challenges.  My main challenge is how...

It has been a exciting and rewarding year being back working with live models.  These poses are from very quick poses of 1-5 minutes with a wild set behind them.  My drawing and painting has transformed into a new creativity.  Then I go back to my studio.  I try to...