This painting is based on a photo I took of my good friends and professional Tango dancers, performers and instructors Christy Coté and Darren Lees, performing at Pacha Mama restaurant in San Francisco to the live music of Trio Garufa.

Christy and Darren dancing in front of the painting at the Move to the Groove Art Show: Celebration of Art, Music & Motion, part of ArtSFest, San Francisco, 2005.

Christy and Darren dancing in front of the painting at an exhibit at the Art Explosion, San Francisco, 2005.

ArtSFest’s Spectra Ball guests take a gander at "A Moment in Time." The Spectra Ball was held at the historic Old Mint in San Francisco on Saturday, April 9th, 2005. Chronicle photo by Christina Koci Hernandez