Paintings - Rachelle Dyer: Portraits & Paintings

I am currently only selling originals on this site but posters and high quality prints can be purchased from my redbubble or my Fine Art America profile.

Elbow Stand

12" by 24" acrylic on gallery wrap canvas
original $320

Magnolia

12" by 12" acrylic on exhibition wrap canvas
original $275

Clayton 2

12" by 16" acrylic on gallery wrap canvas
original $350

Piano Seductress

The Seductress is singing a desperate song about her cheating husband to the pianist. In her last attempt to prove to her soon to be ex-husband that she was the woman of his dreams and that he will never have him again.

16" by 20" acrylic on canvas
original $475

Nicole Kidman

This painting is of Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge in her Hindi Sad Diamonds headdress that she wears on the opening night of the show Spectacular Spectacular. Her expression is solemn and reserved as she has just pushed away the man she loves and is preparing for her final performance.

11" by 14" acrylic on canvas
original $345

Ms. Fegi

This painting came from a photograph taken of Anna Fegi singing “The Man That Got Away.” The tilt of her head and the passion with which she is singing into the mike relates directly to the topic and distraught nature of the song. Singing about the man that she loves who wants nothing more to do with her. In a last fight of desperation she offers herself to him and opens her heart but to no avail as he walks away leaving her crumpled on the floor to face the fact that she is alone and must move on with her life without him.

16" by 20" acrylic on canvas

original $510*
giclee print $175

Indian

This painting is from the opening sequence in a Bolllywood themed pas de deux. The brilliance of the spotlights white out much of the details of the couple leaving much of the image to the audience’s imagination.

18" by 24" acrylic on canvas
original $525
giclee print for $210

Hip Key

This painting was inspired by a picture of my friend doing a hip key on the aerial silks. The silk is wrapped and locked around his hips allowing him to curl up and hang. The fetal position he has assumed is a safe and yet vulnerable position as it is the position we spend the first 9 months of our lives in as well as an instinctive reaction to extreme stress or trauma. The blue lighting reflecting off of his back and arms gives us hope for the future and shows the possibility of a world outside of his safe cocoon.

11" by 14" acrylic on canvas
original $350

Lexi

This painting is of my friend Lexi. The original photograph was taken in a back alley in downtown Vancouver. I found the contrast between her graceful arabesque line and the dirty buildings to be mesmerizing. A passionate dancer surrounded by cold concrete.

16" by 20" acrylic on canvas
original $420
giclee print $175

Statuesque

This painting is of two Grecian statues of an unknown origin. Their cold stone bodies are contrasted by their tender touch and loving embrace.

9" by 10.5" acrylic on cardboard
original $310

Handstand in Central Park

18" by 20" acrylic on canvas

original $500*
giclee print $175

Hannah in Blue

This piece was painted form a picture taken of a close friend of mine while fooling around in the dance studio. The simplicity of this painting captures her grace and passion for dance rather than the strict details found in a more realistic image.

SOLD
12" by 16" acrylic on canvas paper
giclee print $150

The Man That Got Away

11" by 14"
2H, 2B, 5B on %100 cotton vellum finish
*original $135

Pointe shoes

There is nothing more beautiful to a dancer than their own dirty broken down pointe shoes. The blood sweat and dedication to their art form resides in the worn down satin; making every shoe uniquely special in its own way.

12" by 16" acrylic on canvas paper

original $350*

On Pointe

This painting was created to display the simple beauty as well as the strength needed by dancers. The black and white contrast of the image simplifies the meaning, taking the viewer back to the basics in an attempt to display why dancers work so hard for their art.

SOLD
11" by 14" acrylic on canvas
giclee print $150