Anytime Art: Experiences

One afternoon our class was given some free time to explore. So, I took the opportunity to explore Royal Street where all the Art Galleries were located. As I was walking, some of the people in my group were walking on the sidewalk while others were walking along the street. The street had an old vintage of gray, black, white colors that were swirled throughout the pavement. There were large
off-white bold letters spelling out the word Royal. I stepped into the first art gallery that we approached. This gallery consisted of more modern pictures that you would see in the big cities like Chicago. This gallery consisted of large glass windows which would able a tourist to window shop.
As we progressed further down Royal Street, we came upon another art gallery known as Sutton Galleries. There was a tan square sign hanging from the overhang that had the words Sutton Galleries painted in off white paint. This gallery also had large windows to help enhance the work of art that was on display in the shop.

We walked in as a group, and I felt welcomed due to the gentleman sitting behind a desk. He greeted us with a warm smile and asked if he could be of any assistance for us. I explained that I was there to tour the gallery and see if there would be any art that I may find of interest. He then gave me his business card.

The group of classmates and myself all went in different directions in this art gallery. I wanted to explore the upstairs. I found an old heritage open white staircase located in the back of the store. The stairs were wide planks and the arm rail was designed as a large white round railing. As I approached the landing of the second floor, my eyes lifted from the top stair to the painting on the display located on the anterior inner wall facing me. Seeing this image filled my heart, and the desire to own this piece of art would be a dream come true. My former childhood consisted of living the life of a gymnast. One important component is performing the floor exercise, and balance beam with poise, grace using execution. My former teacher was a professional ballerina with the Chicago Ballet Company. It was her who taught me private ballet for many years before her life was taken in an unexpected tragic auto accident. This piece of art was a painting that was done by Antonio Torres, who has established a name for himself as a Spanish Artist. 

This painting was enormous and was encased in a frame. The frame consisted of a mixture of colors, like gold, black, brown, green, silver. The image of the ballerina was captured while the dancer was tending to herself. It was almost like an example of a picture that was taken during the actual time frame of the occurrence. The image of the ballerina was standing erect. She was standing gracefully on one leg while her other leg was elevated on a nearby wooden stool. The painting that was being delivered in this image, was the ballerina crisscrossing long pink silk satin ribbons around her ankle to help support the pressure points that are delivered through a point shoe. The point shoes were painted silver, while the ravel of little strings on the tip of the point shoe was reveling its age. She was wearing long tights that was soft looking of pink in color. Her tutu was standing erect around the perimeter of the ballerina's waist. The tutu was designed to reveal multiple layering of stiff material that represented a ruffle of the tutu. 

The painting that made up the background of this painting consisted of a blue background. The blue color represented the sky that took presence from the top to the bottom of the enclosed frame. In the blue background were hot air balloons that were gliding softly through the air. These hot air balloons were drawn through the process of painting too. The hot air balloon's dimensions were small, medium, and large. The image of these hot air balloons resembles the soft, light, direct, and vibrant moves of a ballerina performing. This painting had the asking price of $13,500 and most likely it could have been a piece of art that was painted directly from a portrait taken of a famous ballerina.