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PAINTED BOOKS—about dance. Watercolor on paper—pages cut and torn. Breaking the boundaries of tradition with whimsical structures, which sometimes dance on wooden feet.


With a passion for ballroom, my nights were spent on the dance floor, and days were filled with making hand painted books about Swing!, Dirty Dancing, Rumba and the Tango.

Urban Motion

Urban Motion

Tango In The Afternoon

Tango In The Afternoon

Checkerboard Tango

Checkerboard Tango

Dancing!

Dancing!

The Dancing Chancellor

The Dancing Chancellor

Ode To A Peach

Ode To A Peach

Neruda: In Praise of Ironing

Neruda: In Praise of Ironing

Miss Brunswick Dinner

Miss Brunswick Dinner

Daddy’s Little Girl

Daddy’s Little Girl

Valentine

Valentine

Temptation

Temptation

Tango Bar

Tango Bar

Rumba

Rumba

Pandora’s Box

Pandora’s Box

Neruda: Investigations

Neruda: Investigations

One For The Book

One For The Book

Midsummer Night’s Dream

Midsummer Night’s Dream

Midsummer Night’s Swing

Midsummer Night’s Swing

Matthew With The Turquoise Eyes

Matthew With The Turquoise Eyes

Alphabet

Alphabet

Ballroom

Ballroom

Neruda: Bird

Neruda: Bird

Birthday Party

Birthday Party

Dance Etiquette

Dance Etiquette

David Ulin’s Gift

David Ulin’s Gift

Dirty Dancing

Dirty Dancing

Evils of Dance

Evils of Dance

Grandmother’s Gift

Grandmother’s Gift

Gospel According To Miss Roj

Gospel According To Miss Roj

I Ask My Mother To Sing

I Ask My Mother To Sing

Blue Peach

Blue Peach

Marathon

Marathon

Hip-Hop

Hip-Hop

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