2nd Annual Scottsdale Salon of Fine Art

I am so honored to have been juried into this show, which opens THIS Friday! I would have loved to be there personally to meet the other artists and patrons. I hope the show is a huge success for all! If you are in the Scottsdale area this weekend, it is not to be missed! Show and Sale: Friday, April 20th, 6-8pm This competition will feature the finest in representational figurative, portrait, still life, floral, landscape, interior, wildlife, and western art. The competition is open to all artists. The Salon will be hosted by The Legacy Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ and will utilize the 10,000 sq. ft. upper level of the gallery. Click the painting to view the 2012 show: "The Prima Ballerina" by Anna Rose Bain - 36x36" - oil on linen - $10,500 Read more »

2nd Annual Scottsdale Salon of Fine Art

The Art of the Dance

"At the ballet, you really feel like you're in the presence of something outside the rest of your life. Higher than the rest of your life." -   Robert Caro "It is essential to do the same subject over again, ten times, a hundred times. Nothing in art must seen to be chance, not even movement." -  Edgar Degas Here are some detail shots of my latest large-scale figurative piece, "The Prima Ballerina," 36x36, oil on linen.  I hope to have my model, Emma back, for many more paintings - she is absolutely elegant! If you ever want to learn how to paint white, do a high-key painting like this! It will blow your mind! :-) Read more »

The Art of the Dance

Figurative Painting, Ballet, and... Photoshop

Thanks to a client who is interested in ballet, I have several new paintings of classical ballerinas in the works! This is especially exciting for me, since I have been wanting to expand my figurative portfolio and study the human form more carefully. Recently, I was humbled when another artist pointed out that one of my pieces had some anatomical errors. I realized that the human figure is truly the most challenging, yet exciting, thing to paint, and that I need to study it diligently in order to avoid such errors in future paintings. If I am going to do it justice, I must know how each body part moves, connects, and relates to the rest of the whole. I began some "research" a couple of weeks ago when my sister and I went to see a ballet, and I realized I hadn't been to one… Read more »

Figurative Painting, Ballet, and... Photoshop