
In Grade 12, I lived two provinces away from the Romanian Dance Ensemble I had performed with as a child. But the Romanian music continued to play in my heart.
And when asked to submit an art assignment with the topic of my choice, I chose to paint the Senior dancers from the Eminescu Romanian Dance Ensemble. I sketched the figures from a photo taken in Regina, Saskatchewan, in the 1970s.
The dance is called Oaș after a region in the northern part of Romania.
I didn’t get the faces right. People are notoriously hard to draw, at least for me! But I spent a lot of time on the fabric, trying to capture the movement.
And in the silence of the room, the music played in my heart while I sketched and painted.
Wow! You used to dance with them? So you paint from some experience. I think it is a lovely painting: you’ve captured such movement in the clothing of the dancers!
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Thank you so much! That means a lot. I was in the younger group of dancers, but I used to watch these senior dancers while I was waiting to perform with the other kids. They were amazing.
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