Dances on a Surface

  1. Flower Flings by Lesley A. Powell, Image 1.

    Flower Flings

    oil on panel

    36 x 24 in (91.44 x 60.96 cm)

    $3,000

  2. Hiding Behind Flowers by Lesley A. Powell , Image 2.

    Hiding Behind Flowers

    oil on panel

    12 x 12 in (30.48 x 30.48 cm)

    $400

  3. Hiding in Flowers. watercolor by Lesley A. Powell, Image 13.

    Hiding in Flowers. watercolor

    watercolor and colored pencil

    8 x 8 in (20.32 x 20.32 cm)

    $432

  4. Indecision by Lesley A. Powell, Image 1.

    Indecision

    oil on panel

    36 x 24 in (91.44 x 60.96 cm)

    $6,000

  5. Leans in Pastels by Lesley A. Powell, Image 2.

    Leans in Pastels

    oil on panel

    12 x 9 in (30.48 x 22.86 cm)

    $325

  6. Run. Dance. Jump_watercolor by Lesley A. Powell, Image 6.

    Run. Dance. Jump_watercolor

    Watercolor

    20 x 14 in (50.8 x 35.56 cm)

  7. Run. Jump by Lesley A. Powell, Image 2.

    Run. Jump

    oil on panel

    36 x 24 in (91.44 x 60.96 cm)

    $6,000

  8. Run.Dance.Lounge by Lesley A. Powell, Image 1.

    Run.Dance.Lounge

    oil on paper

    25 x 33.5 in (framed) (63.5 x 85.09 cm)

    $2,000

  9. Turns by Lesley A. Powell, Image 13.

    Turns

    watercolor and colored pencil

    10 x 7 in (25.4 x 17.78 cm)

    $250

I have always been intrigued by the body as once a dancer, now a mover and as an artist. I started as a young girl making my own dances. My first dance teachers were about improvisation than molding into a more technical dancer. Modern dance offered a freedom to create and play with movement. My training as a dancer led me to want to know more about the body. My studies at the Laban Institute of Movement Studies help me explore deeper into the expression and function of ourselves. Laban had a rich way of explaining how the body moves in space and its expression. We applied these principles to all human endeavors: function, sports, dance and art. Choreography helped me explore the layering of moving bodies. This is what I bring to my painting. The paint is now the rhythm on the page like the dancer in space.

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