Not for the first time, I have been inspired by the incredible ballet dancer @kyliesheaxo ,I love to paint movement and posture in an ongoing attempt to capture dance on canvas. It’s all work in progress… Based on a recent IG story I was inspired to create a piece that brought everything that goes into ballet all together as well as Kylie’s excellence. Dance as an art form is beautiful but to get to the level Kylie has got to, such a discipline doesn’t come without years and years of hard work, pain, failure, sweat, blood and tears. I wanted to capture that feeling. Something that brought colours together but created a messy structure to have beauty shining through in moments. The ‘bars’ across the image are the practice bars that become such a friend and foe to a dancer. In the beginning of this piece I literally threw ‘blood’ (paint) onto the canvas, I wanted it to be visceral and the work be palpable. The title comes from Kylie’s book of the same name. The story follows a young girl named little Q who dreams of becoming a ballerina and the many important life lessons she learns from her teacher through classical ballet training. It’s beautifully illustrated by artists from all around the world. This painting was an experiment for me. I wanted to have more fun with paint but stay true to my own passions as an artist. Thanks for reading.xxx