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A PASSION FOR DANCE – ARTIST’S STATEMENT
"Creating this series has been highly pleasurable for me. I have been a
dancer all my life. I am no longer as agile and lithe as I used to be, but I
still dance. It was a good thing that I painted this series in my studio and
not "en plein air" as I was regularly inspired to pirouette or execute a quick
tango with a brush in my teeth. I can no longer physically leap as I once
could, but, in my mind, especially in my dreams, I can fly, executing
"grande jettes" with ease, the height and duration of which would turn even
Baryshnikov green with envy.
I began each painting by covering the canvas with black paint. This was
not just a preliminary process of providing a protective layer as a base for
the upcoming painting, this was the beginning of the painting, with each
brush-stroke lovingly and carefully executed. I was not just creating a
gloriously black background, free of extraneous light and colour. I was
creating the unlit stage, the place where the magic would happen.
In painting these pieces I could feel the pleasure of a perfect line of limb,
the floating tulle, the satisfying "clunk" of a toe-shoe,
the exhilaration of a perfect performance,
the passion for dance.
I can fly!"
B.L.
"Creating this series has been highly pleasurable for me. I have been a
dancer all my life. I am no longer as agile and lithe as I used to be, but I
still dance. It was a good thing that I painted this series in my studio and
not "en plein air" as I was regularly inspired to pirouette or execute a quick
tango with a brush in my teeth. I can no longer physically leap as I once
could, but, in my mind, especially in my dreams, I can fly, executing
"grande jettes" with ease, the height and duration of which would turn even
Baryshnikov green with envy.
I began each painting by covering the canvas with black paint. This was
not just a preliminary process of providing a protective layer as a base for
the upcoming painting, this was the beginning of the painting, with each
brush-stroke lovingly and carefully executed. I was not just creating a
gloriously black background, free of extraneous light and colour. I was
creating the unlit stage, the place where the magic would happen.
In painting these pieces I could feel the pleasure of a perfect line of limb,
the floating tulle, the satisfying "clunk" of a toe-shoe,
the exhilaration of a perfect performance,
the passion for dance.
I can fly!"
B.L.
The subjects of Bridged's paintings are as varied as her interests
and include subjects dear to her heart such as the beach, rocks
and ocean, Africa, Mexico and even ballet, as the "Passion for
Dance" paintings below show. Bridged's style is firmly
expressionistic and her palette as vibrant as her surroundings.
and include subjects dear to her heart such as the beach, rocks
and ocean, Africa, Mexico and even ballet, as the "Passion for
Dance" paintings below show. Bridged's style is firmly
expressionistic and her palette as vibrant as her surroundings.
