Odette on stage: ballerina painting sunflower painting I began this in 2020

I began this in 2020 and gave it a few more layers in 2024 to accentuate the depth and bring out the richness of the colour palette

Medium: Original acrylic painting on canvas (deep edge)

I wasn't very good at photography but he gave me a better understanding of why the lighting was so magical in all those vintage ballet books I loved so much

Completed: 2019–20

Artist notes: In this painting I wanted to create the sense of flowing movement as much as the sense of romance

Odette on stage: ballerina painting sunflower painting I began this in 2020Blue painting with delicate ballerina figure in white swan costume poised gracefully en pointe. Medium: Original acrylic painting on cotton canvas Dimensions: 10 by 12 inches (approx.) Completed: 2019 Artist notes: I studied a bit of photography as an undergraduate with Montgomery Cooper (who had taken a lot of the ballet photographs I'd admired in the press and ballet souvenirs as a child). Monty taught us about pushing the film for low lighting