Drawing Pastel on Nepal Paper by Bob Meyer: Mouse on the Dance Floor..., Framed

Red lips, a high dark bun and a cloud of white ruffles, all of it in motion.

Mouse on the Dance Floor… is a framed pastel on Nepal paper by Bob Meyer, from France, made around 2015. Handmade Nepal paper, often made from lokta bark, has a soft, fibrous surface that takes pastel with a slightly blurred, velvety finish. A small dancer turns toward the viewer, her face chalk-white, eyes nearly closed. Her frilled dress is built from flecks of white, green and red against a smoky rose ground. The title is handwritten across the top. It is 39 inches wide and 41 high, with an image 21.75 inches wide and 23.75 high.

Small, perhaps, but she clearly owns the floor.