Three African Ballerinas black art everything is not what it

everything is not what it appears

This is spiritual—deep and abiding

and contour to this thing we call life and can create as much as it destroys

brings these portraits to life for me

I imagine that they had just eaten and are just relaxing as they digest their dinner

Three African Ballerinas black art everything is not what it36x48, mixed media on gallery wrapped canvas. This mixed media style, which recalls quilting traditions in black spaces, dramatically captures the grace, beauty, and complexity of these young ballerinas. The art experience of engagement is always a dialectic. Art interacting with the viewer. Meaning or understanding is produced in between the gaze. If not meaning or understanding, then a sensation of feeling. This engagement will be different for