“Juju”
SIZE: 48" x 36"
MEDIUM: Acrylic
PRICE: $1,777

ARTWORK STATEMENT: As a former professional dancer, I wanted to create a piece that was an exploration of movement—of color in motion, of forms responding to one another like dancers sharing a stage. Each mark is a gesture, layered and repeated, creating a dance that feels both choreographed and improvised. The improvisation in part comes from the fact that all the paint used in this piece was leftover from other pieces I was working on at the same time. Instead of washing and wasting the thick swashes of residual paint on my brushes or pallet knives, I cleared them on this canvas. Circular arcs and spiraling lines suggest turns, pauses, and returns, echoing the natural cadence of breath and step. Drips, splatters, and textured grids act as syncopation—moments where the dance breaks pattern and finds new momentum. The composition resists stillness; instead, it invites the eye to move, to follow pathways that loop, collide, and drift apart before rejoining. Created intuitively and in layers, the painting evolved through response rather than plan, much like a dance shaped by listening and trust. For Art in Bloom, this work celebrates growth as an active, embodied experience—one that sways between control and freedom, structure and release—capturing the joy of motion and the vitality of forms in continuous, blooming dance.