Joy of Dance- a preview

a preview of drawing in progress

I have always enjoyed Picasso's work... his overlaying of textures like newspaper to stand in for the act of reading, the texture of the tablecloth or perhaps the wallpaper.  When I saw his etchings and a couple of very small paintings in the NSW Art gallery, I felt a resonance with his work Two women running on the beach, 1922.  He captured that joy of the body and movement that I am trying to explore in my work.  So I started another drawing, here is its beginning..... I am going to leave open spaces in this work.  The oval drawings are a series that have a more baroque looking glass feel.