Prima Ballerina
by Hanne Lore Koehler
Title
Prima Ballerina
Artist
Hanne Lore Koehler
Medium
Painting - Watercolor On Arches
Description
PRIMA BALLERINA is a commissioned watercolor painting of Jane Green Wenstrup, gorgeous and talented Principal Dancer with the Cincinnati Ballet Company who performed many years with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Jane has performed throughout the United States and Europe with the Pennsylvania Ballet Company, Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati Opera & David McLain Dance Company. Upon retirement, she became Head of the Dance Department at Northern Kentucky University for 30 years. She has two sons, Zachary & Adam who, according to Jane, have no dancing abilities whatsoever (of course, that is only her opinion).
To use as reference for this detailed portrait, I had a forty-year-old low quality brochure photo, a newspaper clipping and an old paper photo of the ballerina's face to work from. With the help of Jane's expert description of technical ballet details, this very challenging painting was a fun project. Thank you so much, dear Jane, for choosing me to paint your portrait commission!
TESTIMONIAL: It is breathtakingly gorgeous!! Thank you so much. I could just cry! With joy of course! You are the best of the best. I will cherish this painting forever! It looks exactly like me back in the day. I can’t stop looking at your painting. It gives me joy & the fondest of memories. Thank you, dearest Hanne. Sincerely, Jane
Thank you to the hosts of the following groups for he honor of featuring my watercolor ballerina portrait. I appreciate your kind support and promotion!
Women's Sports
New FAA Uploads
Beautiful Watercolors
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June 22nd, 2021
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Comments (41)
Anne Gifford 12 Days Ago
The composition in this painting is superb, Hanne. I like the way the dancer lightly touches all four sides of the paper.
Bernadette Krupa
Hanne, so beautiful "Prima Ballerina"! Congrats on multiple Features - Beautiful Watercolor, Women's Sport and New FAA uploads!! L/F
Michael Durst
Beautiful watercolor portrait! You not only met the challenges, but exceeded all expectations, I am certain!
Sunil Kapadia
Lovely delicate and tender pose. Marvelous color rendering and detailing. Love that expression too. So innocent. L/F
Cindy Treger
Hanne, this is such a beautiful work of art. It reminds me of my granddaughter a few weeks ago dancing to Swan Lake while in the pool. f/l
Larisa Fedotova
What a gorgeous scene! L/F/tw
Hanne Lore Koehler replied:
Thank you for your generous comment, support and promotion of my painting, Larisa!
Hanne Lore Koehler
Thank you so much, Bob, for the honor of featuring my painting in NEW FAA UPLOADS group! I appreciate your generous comment, support and promotion!
Taphath Foose
Beautiful work, Hanne!!! Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Beautiful Watercolors"! I invite you to place it in the group's "Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/F
Hanne Lore Koehler replied:
Thank you so much, Taphath, for the honor of featuring my painting in BEAUTIFUL WATERCOLORS group! I appreciate your generous comment, support and promotion!
Michele Myers
Beautifully executed and composed, Hanne - what a delightful tribute from the subject! L/F!
Marilyn McNish
Hanne, it is such a remarkable talent you have to bring so much joy and memories to clients that want to capture that moment of awe and beauty. A beautiful graceful painting. vf mm
Ramon Martinez
Exquisite painting, Hanne! The elegant pose with light colors in contrast to the dark background stand out nicely the beauty of the composition. L&F
Hanne Lore Koehler replied:
Thank you for your thoughtful appreciation and support of my painting, Ramon!
Linda Howes
She's perfect Hanne! Beautiful contrast and light! l/f/tw
Hanne Lore Koehler replied:
Thank you for your generous comment, support and promotion of my painting, Linda!