I have been looking at this painting for 2 weeks now.
I have been obsessed with google searching paintings, trying to find one that inspires me. I found this painting on the 49th page of google images. It was surely not the most provocative photo that I found. It didn’t seem to have the most thought-provoking concept or the colors that usually draw me in. I asked three people what they saw when they looked at the image, and the first thing they all said was “dancers”. And yes, of course I see this too. But the first thing that I saw, even in thumbnail form, was desperation. It wasn’t about dancing or movement or grace, it was about some sort of desperation. When I look at the painting I see people reaching for something, moving away from something or being sucked in toward something. The movement of the lines and the body language seems to move the eye from the graceful dancer to the hectic mixture of colors and confusion.
It is a painting by Louis Montillet. I had to make the “tutu” for this myself after finding out that nearly all tutus are pink or white and cost a lot of money. So I went out and bought fabric and started sewing the tutu. Everything was going well enough until I was informed that I didn’t know how to make a simple stitch and I realized that my so-called “tutu” was really more of a pencil skirt (ie: it had zero movement whatsoever). So Kate, my talented friend in most areas that I am not, pleated the skirt for me and added some nice details. And well, I guess I’ve got myself a halloween outfit.
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