76 of 401

|

acrylic prints jazz acrylic prints raleigh acrylic prints dance acrylic prints dancer acrylic prints dancers acrylic prints ballet acrylic prints tap acrylic prints contemporary acrylic prints lyrical acrylic prints movement acrylic prints modern acrylic prints expressionist acrylic prints expressionism acrylic prints thick paint acrylic prints impasto acrylic prints

paintings jazz paintings raleigh paintings dance paintings dancer paintings dancers paintings ballet paintings tap paintings contemporary paintings lyrical paintings movement paintings modern paintings expressionist paintings expressionism paintings thick paint paintings impasto paintings

Add This Artwork to Your Favorites Collection

Comment

View Additional Comments

Hide Additional Comments

Post a Comment

Add This Artwork to Your Favorites Collection

Comment

My dancer paintings were created in honor of my grandmother, Beatrice Allen Page, and my great aunt, Ruth Page, both of whom were dancers. Aunt Ruth founded the Chicago Ballet and my grandmother danced with Ruth St. Denis, one of the founders of the modern dance movement. I had hoped to follow in their footsteps but had bad knees, and honestly, no talent. But I love feeling connected to them as I try to capture movement in a static medium.

�Color and texture are hugely important in my work. Applied appropriately, they can actually elicit a visceral response from the viewer,� says Emily Page, a California-born, Virginia-raised artist. Page began experimenting with different brushwork and palette knife work, scraping and overlaying, from the very beginning. At Wake Forest University in North Carolina, she honed her skills and graduated with honors with a BA in visual arts. �I learned to work in a number of mediums, including sculpture and photography, but my passion has always been painting. I love working with oil paint simply for the richness of it. It just feels luxurious. And it affords such workability and durability. No other medium matches it. I enjoy branching...