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This waltz pays homage to Thomas Rowlandson's "English Dance of Death," a series of etchings with aquatint published 1814 to 1816. A dancing master is startled when the lesson takes an unexpected turn.

Texas born and raised, daughter of informally trained artists and craftspeople, I draw inspiration from folk traditions, especially from the arts of the Mexican Dias de los Muertos, the European Danse Macabre, the Haitian Vodou banner, and the Colonial American needleworker. The paintings and papercuts of my DANZA MACABRA dramatize the reality of death as a part of life that we must embrace if we are to live with our whole hearts. They propose an attitude of radical acceptance--with gusto. Each piece centers on a dance, modern or traditional. Some are papercuts; most are paintings in acrylic on canvas. The paintings and beadworks of the MAGIC CATS hint at the mysteries of animism, in which all nature is known to be imbued with...