Cherish, this painting is unusual in that the flow of the music is a straight line. The colors theme that I am uses comes from The Association Greatest hits album cover, and from there first album which included the song Cherish:
I watched a lot of Association videos, realized they had a lot of member changes, and confirmed that softer greens and blues was the way to go.Here is an early version of Cherish probably around 1967.
Scott Von Holzen
Cherish is this 2016’s Birthday Painting. This artwork consists of two canvases 15 inches by 60 inches in length. Cherish, was released by The Association in 1966, the same year I graduated from High School. My four high school years were divided, with my freshman and sophomore years in a very small Wisconsin town that we move to in 1962. I then spent my Junior and Senior years at a smaller Catholic High School, when we moved again, to a much bigger small Wisconsin town.
What that means is that all through my High School years I was kind of an outsider, not quit fitting into a normal teenager’s life. I do remember this song for its theme of unrequited love. Being a teenager in new towns, with only a few good friends, the emotions that came from listening to the music of The Association, and The Four Seasons was felt and lived.
Looking back, I think I should have enjoyed those times a lot more. I should have realized that I was fairly naïve about the art of dating, and it certainly showed, and that is was all about the learning, and all about asking girls out, and slowly figuring out step by step what the game of love was all about. But I did not, quite get that right, during those times.
” …I was so much older than, I younger than that now,” (The Byrds My Back Pages, 1964).
Scott
We Belong, is taking on that 80’s Pat Benatar look. I knew her music, but in the 80’s I was more a Madonna, and Prince kind-of-a-guy. Now, since this is a commission work I have had to take a fresh hard look at Pat Benatar, her music, and influence on other women rockers of the 80’s. My updated impressions of her is that she certainly was an attractive performer, brash, with a great voice. I am referring to her early 80’s hard rock voice which was deeper, less refined, and raspy, that makes me think of the older Sarah Vaughn, without the range.
Here is an example of the early Rocker Pat Benatar before she went pop, We Belong, followed by a comparison (only a little) of one of the greatest singers ever, Sarah Vaughn.
Regrettably, with an extreme amount of others things that need to be done, We Belong is slowly moving along. Next up, I will be adding more of the 80’s color look into the artwork, in the form of a lot of small wooden shapes. That will add interest and bring the music, and the background together.
Scott Von Holzen
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