A Dancer Takes the Stage Canvas Print

A belly dancer takes the stage at a Renaissance faire on a footpath. There are drummers and a band playing behind her. Many in the band have Bodhrans and other percussive instruments. This is a digital image using photography, where the belly dancer is emphasized, and the band is put more into the background.

symbolism:

* belly dance: female divinity, ability to give birth
* musicians: expression, may mean something big is happening

I have a bachelor's degree in Studio Art and a masters degree in Art Education. I used to be an art teacher and taught grades K - 12. In order to teach art in the public schools, I needed to learn a lot of mediums. I have carried this into my art studio as well, painting in one area of the studio and making altered digital photographs in another part of the studio. My primary mediums are painting, drawing, digital art, illustrations, cartoons, hand thrown pottery and relief sculpture. If you see pottery in my photographic work, it is my own hand-thrown piece. I have shown my work in galleries and through juried shows at art centers and museums. Some notables include The Delaware Art Museum, Haverford Center of the Arts,...