VIRTUAL EXHIBITION
DANCE AT SEAThis is a series of watercolor paintings by Rich Wagner done in August 2019. They were inspired by watching performances, rehearsals and classes by the English National Ballet aboard Cunard Line's ocean liner Queen Mary 2.
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Preliminary sketches - - It is was impractical to try and paint in the theater but I was able to do some sketches. However, the dancers moved so quickly that it was really only possible to try and make a quick sketch of a position or to sketch a movement that had been captured in my memory.
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Later, I created these paintings based upon my sketches and the images that I had retained in my mind. Often, I combined images and altered costumes as well as the dancers to fit with my artistic vision. What I was trying to do was evoke the atmosphere of what I had seen rather than make a journalistic depiction of any dance or person.
These works were done in watercolors. Some also have graphite and/or colored pencil.
Left: Stark contrasts.
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Above: Ballet class 1.
Right: Ballet class 2. Below: Ballet class 3. |
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Above: Dance of Defeat.
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Above: Dance of Defeat 2.
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Above: A lesson.
Right: At the bar. Below: Rehearsal. |
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Art by Rich Wagner - Virtual Exhibition - Dance At Sea
