Qpening Dancer (2025) Original Acrylic Painting by Nicholas Robertson

A relaxed young performer in the early years of her dancing career. This is a companion piece with ‘Closing Dancer’ portraying an older performer at the tail end of hers. Observations were supported by the necessary surreptitious ‘resource’ photography to avoid the recipients going into ‘photo smiling mode’.
The work consists of a Rowney Cryla acrylic base coat of burnt orange, then opaque pigments are used to lay down the undercoating of some of the subject matter. Subsequently using acrylic paint in washes which has been thinned on the fly using diluted Liquidex airbrush medium. This layering of the work allows for subtle tonal attributes that give depth and intensity. The overall result is an acrylic painting with a degree of luminosity rather than the usual flat acrylic finish.
Finished with a coat of Winsor & Newton Satin UV varnish, 
a suggested frame width of at least 60mm for this 50x70cm painting.
This makes for the best visual effect and prevents warping.

Materials used:

acrylic paint

Details:

• Acrylic painting on Panel / Board / MDF
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 50 x 70 x 0.5cm (unframed) / 50 x 70cm (actual image size)
• Signed on the front
• Style: Unspecified
• Subject: People and portraits