"Mariposa"

"Mariposa"   24" x 24"   Oil

"Mariposa" will be on display at Galerie Kornye West for Spring Gallery Night in Fort Worth next Saturday, March 26, 2011.  This painting is one of a series of oils and watercolors I'm working on of dancers from the Ballet Folklorico Azteca de Fort Worth.

In preparing to paint this, I first made the two studies below -- a watercolor and then a very rough color study in oils.