The Naked Silo

Dance Partners 06 20" x 20", oil on canvas, 2014 Dance Partners 07 20" x 20", oil on canvas, 2014 Dance Partners 08 work in progress Dance Partners 08 20" x 20", oil on canvas, 2014 Dance Partners 09 work in progress Dance Partners 09 20" x 20", oil on canvas, 2014, private collection These are the last remaining paintings in the Dance Partners section of my World War One-inspired painting project, To the Sound of Trumpets. See also Dance Partners #1  for more contextual info, then have a look at  Dance Partners 2 through 5  to see the rest.

Dance Partners 02 20" x 20", oil on canvas, 2014, private collection Dance Partners 03 20" x 20", oil on canvas, 2014 Dance Partners 04 20" x 20", oil on canvas, 2014 Dance Partners 05 20" x 20", oil on canvas, 2014 I had initially planned to do ten paintings of shoes (to represent  the beginning of World War One ) to make it a nice round number, but deleted one (and re-used the canvas to paint  "Why Are We Here?" ) because I then thought hanging nine in a square would look nice (coincidentally, the one I chose to delete is the one in the middle covered up by #7). Then I realized the display panels I'd borrowed wouldn't fit a square of nine 20" x 20" paintings, so I ended up displaying them horizontally: Dance Partners during the exhibition.  Below are the initial ten paintings prepped and ready to go. You can see Number 1 here , and 6 through 9 here .