Art
"Dance For Me (John the Baptist)" by Lynne Marshall, 100% of proceeds benefit project
- Item Number
- 124
- Estimated Value
- 2000 USD
- Opening Bid
- 550 USD
Item Description
"Dance For Me (John the Baptist)" Charcoal pencil & conte on paper 31" x 25.25"
Two men's figures define and divide space during the rehearsal for the ballet “Dance for Me”, based on the Dance of Salomé, choreographed and performed by the State Theater Dance Company, South Africa.
Dance & Theater Drawings
Lynne's large-scale charcoal-pencil drawings of dancers and performers capture moments during rehearsal, rather than during performance. Though the figures often display great movement and dynamism in their poses, the attention during their 'work-time' or rehearsal is inwardly directed, and so the dramatic drawings emanate a quality of silence. Because the dance drawings are also portraits, there is a quiet intimacy in them as well - someone familiar, known.
Lynne describes her dance drawings:
“I admire the grace, beauty and strength of the human body trained for performance and dance, and I have been very fortunate, both in South Africa and the US, to watch and record performers – dancers, mime artists, & actors – during rehearsal.”
She has created theater portraits of dancers from P.A.C.T. Ballet Company in S.A., The Washington Ballet Company in Washington, D.C., Dance Theatre of Iowa, as well as portraits of independent dancers, actors and performers.
“Underlying everything in creation is universal Being. The process of creating a drawing or painting becomes a vibrant quest to manifest that ‘inner light’ on the paper or canvas. My creative intention is to express the unity between the radiant inner light inherent in all things and the lively outer form - to enliven the link between these two worlds of reality.” Born in South Africa, Lynne taught drawing and painting in her Johannesburg art studio from 1980 to 1990, produced commissioned artwork, and exhibited her work in various cities in S.A. In 1990 she moved to the U.S. and, after completing a Master’s Degree in Art, continued her artwork and teaching (perception training & drawing techniques) in her studio in Iowa. In 1999 she moved to the Blue Ridge mountains in North Carolina.  Skill and confidence in drawing is the basis of all her work, creating a strong sense of form, evident in her portraits, botanical drawings, murals and landscape paintings, but most dynamically in the portraits of dancers and performers.
Working with performers in South Africa and in the U.S., she draws and photographs rehearsals, translating the images into drawings and etchings. She has created theatre portraits of dancers from the State Theatre Ballet Company (P.A.C.T. Ballet) in Pretoria, S.A., The Washington Ballet Company in Washington, D.C., Dance Theatre of Iowa, and Sylvia Glasser's "Moving into Dance" Company (Johannesburg, S.A.) as well as portraits of independent dancers and performers. Her paintings and drawings are in collections in South Africa, England, Australia, Canada and in the U.S. |
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Chip & Scribble Fine Art Studio is nestled in the woods of the Blue Ridge mountains. The studio was built according to the ancient principles of Maharishi Sthapatyaveda - the science of building structures in accord with natural law to promote peace, harmony, health, happiness and prosperity. |
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