9"x12" The pause holds as much music as the dance. A seated ballerina turns in profile, her burgundy tutu a halo of quick, confident strokes against a scumbled, airy ground. Flesh tones glow warmly at shoulder and cheek, while loose sweeps of green-gray and lavender suggest a studio floor fading into quiet. It’s a study of breath between motions—an intimate, painterly glimpse of grace at rest.