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Monday, December 6, 2010

BFA Senior Project

I have a strong passion for all the arts; performing and visual. I especially love to dance and to paint. I wanted to show through the medium of oil paint the beauty, motion, and expression of dancing, and that each dance genre evokes a different emotion. Thus as I approached each painting I had a different intent for each piece. I had this in mind as I chose the colors costumes, composition, shapes, and position. My hope through this presentation is to convey the arts in an uplifting and inspiring way.

Ballet-Elegant
Swing-Smooth
Modern-Intense
Jazz-Pizzazz
Break-Edged






Sculpture-Martha


I did this sculpture to represent Martha Graham one of the pioneers of modern dance. If you are familiar with Martha's choreography-this pose is one of her famous moves.