Pina

Torn

Dance Till You Drop

I had been looking for a copy of Pina, the documentary film by Wim Wenders for some time.  It took a while but I eventually found the dvd locally.  I thoroughly enjoyed Pina Bausch’s landmark choreography and her exceptionally talented Tanztheater Wuppertal troupe.   

The dancing was spectacular, yet at the same time, I found myself drawn to the sets.

Several weekly drawing sessions later, two sketches seemed like they might fit onto Pina's stage.  The dances are Danzon and Cafe Muller.

New Works

Here are some of my newer prints. The bottom image is a new technique for me, collagraph. A piece of organza material was glued to a sheet of matte board. The gradations of tone were achieved by painting layers of acrylic gel medium on the organza. The other two are dry points

Dry Point Figures

Here are a few dry point prints. The figures in these prints were incised on a plastic plate using a sharp needle. The plates were made during life drawing sessions. The prints were pulled using my homemade etching press at my home studio.