Shadow Dancer

The title Shadow Dancer aims to tell a story of an unseen dance. It’s about uncovering parts of the shadow side of your psyche. It’s a daring to look into the dark to find your true self awakened and moving. I think a common theme for women can be keeping their strength incognito and creating a persona of helplessness in order to be “pleasing”. This dance is about banishing these “pleasing behaviours” and reclaiming the full expression of the authentic self. This gesture drawing portrays a ballet dancer in movement. She emerges in a blur of hurried strokes of charcoal. The smokey grey on textured watercolour paper reveals the urgency of its creation. There are strong marker lines wrapping around and across the figure underlining the sense of movement and energy captured in this work. The dancer reaches out to one side in an expressive, yet powerful move. 

This is a high-quality giclée print on gorgeous, matte, slightly textured, archival quality paper, Hahnemuhle German Etching 300gsm. The motif is in black and white and suitable for minimalist homes as well as eclectic and bohemian interiors

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Studio Pigment print on Bockingford Watercolour Paper 190gs

This acid-free fine art paper has the beautiful textured surface of traditional Bockingford watercolour paper, giving the print a soft, tactile quality. The artwork is printed using pigment-based black ink, chosen for its excellent resistance to fading and beautiful tonal depth.