Dance and Motion

carving out time and space though a micro muscle movement….

My creative process

A collection of dance emphasising movement and motion.

My creative process is very intuitive when painting dance subjects and I aim to mimic the movements creating a micro muscle response engaging all the senses I associate with an art form existing on a plane carving out time and space. and imagining fully associating with the subject enabling me to convey the sensation of being a dancer as if I were seeing the world through their eyes in a fixed moment in time.  During the painting session I imagine being in the turning up the volume of the sense of colour, movement, intensity of light etc. On the technical side, I use a juxtaposition of warm and cool colours to lead the eye forward and backwards giving a momentum to the painting. Sweeping brushstrokes contribute to the movement of dance continuing  the action as if it extended beyond the canvas.

Please click on each image for more information and thumbnail to view the whole gallery.

 
 
This video is a series of photos I took on a trip to Cuba based around dance and slow motion. i deliberately used a slow shutter speed to capture stills of the dance motion freezing the moments in time.
image.png



If you want to commission a painting, buy an existing painting or print or learn how to paint your own seascape please get in touch.