Keiko Tanabe - Blog: Dancers

Alfredo Guati Rojo

8/29/2015 2:23:49 PM

Acuarela Arte antiguo ... Arte nuevo Forma ancestral de unir el color de la tierra o de las flores con el sagrado liquido que ayer era rio o nube. Arco iris prisionero que la mano del hombre ha de liberar. - Alfredo Guati Rojo Alfredo Guati Rojo Cárdenas (1998-2003), a Mexican artist, played a major role in founding the National Museum of Watercolor (Museo Nacional de la Acuarela Alfredo Guati Rojo) in Mexico City, which is named after him. When the medium of watercolor was not regarded as comparable to other techniques, Guati Rojo worked hard to promote the reputation of watercolor as a true form of [...]

NAWA Returns to Mexico City

12/6/2014 7:21:00 PM

I am delighted to announce, as a member of the North American Watercolor Artists (NAWA), that the NAWA will participate in the XI Bienal Internacional de la Acuarela in Mexico City. This is our third time to join this exhibition as a group. The show takes place at the prestigious Museo Nacional de Acuarela Alfredo Guati Rojo. It's divided into two parts: The first part begins on December 7 and runs until January 4, 2015. The second part is from January 11 till February 8. The NAWA was founded in 2010 by 6 contemporary watermedia artists currently working in the United States: [...]

Judging the San Diego Watercolor Society Member Show

2/16/2014 10:57:24 PM

I was honored to serve as a juror for the February Member Exhibition of the San Diego Watercolor Society, "Light and Delight." So many beautiful entries did not make it easy for me to choose less than half of what was submitted. Bravo to all who got in the show and congratulations to award-winners! The SDWS created a wonderful poster for the show with my painting Flamenco Dancer III. If you are in the San Diego area, be sure to visit their gallery to see the show (runs until February 28). - Join me on Facebook and follow my blog on NetworkedBlogs. - Follow me [...]

Painting Figures

11/16/2013 1:13:31 AM

Being primarily a landscape painter, I have treated figures mostly as a small element in a landscape or a cityscape. Figures not only add more interest but also create a certain appeal that tells a story in a scene. I love putting them in my work and thinking about the role they can play in a painting. In the last year or so, I have been practicing figures as a main painting subject rather seriously. As a subject matter, it seemed so different from landcapes and I was a bit lost in the beginning, but I immediately found myself really enjoying doing [...]

Mexican Folk Dancer I

4/14/2009 1:13:02 AM

Mexican Folk Dancer I Several years ago, on a day of the Cinco de mayo celebration, I saw a Mexican folk dance called ballet folklorico for the first time. When a mariachi band started playing, a group of women and men came up on the outdoor stage. I was mesmerized by beautiful dresses of women dancers and how they graciously moved their full, colorful skirts. Men dancers looked good, too, in their suits. And how gentlemanly they escorted their lady partners made them look really good. I can't remember all the details but there was a story (I think it was a cute love story) told in this [...]

Village Festival (Farandole), French Landscape Painting

4/13/2009 1:34:44 AM

Village Festival (Farandole), Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, France Dancers have been a popular painting subject. Whether it is ballet, ballroom, folk or flamenco, many painters have been inspired by forms, movements, emotions and historical/cultural aspects of dancers. I saw these dancers in Moustiers, a hilltop village in Provence, France. Wearing traditional costumes of the region, these young women and men entertained us in a village square on one summer afternoon. They hopped and skipped to the rhythm of a simple flute and a drum. And girls came around, again in traditional dresses, with baskets in their hands filled with aromatic lavenders, handing a bunch to each of us. [...]