DANCING WITH ABANDON

WITH KIND PERMISSION OF THE COMPOSER AND AUTHOR KAREN HARTMAN.

THE AWARD WINNING MUSICAL "DANCING WITH ABANDON"

Some of the ideas and sketches that lead to the final versions...

First came the idea for the DIVA...

then her moment of shame....

She eventually took on this persona...butterflies everywhere and her favorite role.

 Then we tried to find out what the boy should look like...

on the right track but a bit too woebegone.....so next we tried...

Nope....try again....

too crazy but getting there....

 Almost but put on a Tee Shirt...

OK now take it further...

The final look for the boy. Now put them together...

One idea that we used for prints given to all the cast.

A close up of the boy...

An idea for a mug.....

 an early version of the newspaper ad before we made the kid a little friendlier....

The final result was the poster.

 Much fun was had by all and the musical continues to grow and develop in fascinating ways...I am sure updates will be forthcoming!

A mixed bag of Sketches, paintings and other bits

 A Midsummer Night's Dream 

Original sketch

  A Midsummer Night's Dream 

final painting

Scarves

 Playing with circles and color 1

  Playing with circles and color 2

  Playing with circles and color 3

 A fly's eye view at a cocktail party

One more play with circles and shapes

 Design for Marble ball lamp

 Marble Urn (a try at realism)

 Lamp design based on a Henry Moore Sculpture

 Fun with geometric shapes

 Series of 30 inch high dolls. I painted the faces.

 Same doll different angle

 Bust after final face painting

 Doll 2

 Doll 2 face painted

 The 3 dolls (based on the painting of the Wyndham sisters

by John Singer Sargent)

A dream: original sketch

 Same after tinkering with it and painting.

Some more Opera characters

 The Astrologer in Coq d'Or

 Sappho

 Semiramide

Showgirls 4 Seasons

 Fall

 Spring

 Summer

 Winter

 "Wicked"

Drawings and sketches prepared for the musical.

Some of these are elements that were used on the Stage Curtain

 

 Bridge of Teeth

(on the curtain)

 Compass Rose on the curtain

 Detail of the Border and corner of the curtain

 The Emerald City

 A Fighting Tree

 The Governor's Mansion

(Based on the family house in South Africa)

 The Castle of "Kiamo Ko"

More to follow as I find them and scan them.....