Dolphin Dance 24
By Ellen Priest
US$ 2,100
Overview
2003
Gouache, Gouache on rag tracing vellum
Unique Work
Dimensions: 53.3cm (H) x 53.3cm (W) / 21" (H) x 21" (W)
Note: Actual colours may vary due to photography & computer settings
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About the art
Artist statement
This work on paper is part of a series of collaged paintings titled “Jazz: Herbieʼs ʻDolphin Danceʼ #1-22”.
Those brush paintings are Priest's first ʻvisualʼ encounter with a jazz composition. The images she develops there are redrawn and combined for the finished collages. Based on jazz pianist Herbie Hancockʼs classic composition “Dolphin Dance”, she tried to use these drawings and the resulting collages to capture the light and movement typical of the beach where she spends much time in the summer.
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Ellen Priest
Born: 1951
Hometown: Philadelphia
Based in: Philadelphia
Ellen Priest is an American abstract artist who is inspired by music and most notably by jazz.
Ellen Priest's jazz-based abstractions balance directly on the border between painting and sculpture – vibrantly colored spatial illusions when reading from a distance and 3-D relief constructions of layered, collaged paper when seen …
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