I decided to, once again, create small works, but this time as a series. My plan was to use up my large supply of 15×30 inch canvases. I then had an unusual idea to hang them, with coated hanging wire, from another smaller rectangle canvas that then mounted the artwork to the wall. Although a little awkward to carry and hang, I completed my first new look mini artwork. The next three projects each improved on the previous mini, showing improvements in style and physical structure. I believe with Fast Car I now have a template that will allow me to produce future mini artworks within a two-week time span.

I needed, and now have completed the four mini artworks that will be a part of a plan to show this art outside the area. Of the minis, the first work, A Day in the Life, I lengthen to 44 inches to look more similar with the other three. These four works plus two others I will use to submit to individual showings.

I would mention that in the past, all my small artwork attempts found no more interest than my larger works. What differs with today’s new mini works is my reasoning. In the past I thought smaller artworks would sell easier. They did not. Today’s mini is not about pricing but about conserving my limited storage capacity and allowing me to submit to individual show proposals. After my awful trip to a duo art show in Wausau, Wisconsin, using a U-Haul truck, I decide never again.

My travel thinking is to pack up our Jeep Grand Cherokee with four minor works stacked on top of two major works. The two exemplar examples of this art I have chosen are Metamorphosis 2 (2022), music by Philip Glass, length 10 feet, and Closer (2023) at 9 feet, music by Coldplay. These artworks can be disassemble for transportation. That does not sound like enough works, but these artworks art different. That is because they play music.

The total together play time of these six artworks would take a visitor 6 minutes to listen to. Considering that most art view time is less than 30 seconds, that six minutes of music would equal, at less, twelve artworks on display. These six music boxes have a combine length of 35 feet with no spacing. Because they each play music, it would be smart for the viewer ears that each artwork would be six feet or more apart. Therefore, this group, when hung in a gallery, could use up 70 feet plus of display walls.

I have decided not to post any Reals (videos) on Instagram. This art is more (much more) than 1 minute snippets. From now on, I may post information or an image, for whatever stupid reason. I am no longer in the mood to entertain strangers that have not the slightest understanding of what this art is and what this art is trying to accomplish. I will continue to post videos, as I have always done, on YouTube.

Scott Von Holzen