I have been an artist in Syracuse for close to forty years, working from my studio at the Delavan. I consider myself an abstract expressionist. I am drawn to the emotional language of paint. I chose this poem because it carried the feeling of a memory I share with the poet – dancing in the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Syracuse. The image began as a monotype of the dancing figures. A monotype is a one-of-a-kind print made by transferring an image from a flat surface onto paper. I collaged the figures onto another surface and painted the surrounding clouds. The final composition, completed in oil paint, uses a monochromatic palette to capture the soft feeling of remembering.