Author: Scott Von Holzen

I am currently renewing an artistic adventure that first started in 1974, and ended in the early 1980's. A casual comment restarted the quest in art in 2004. Now, at night I am surrounded by artworks done and in progress, shelves full of art books, my music collection playing through a classic NAD amp and a pair of solid, classic free standing speakers, my piano, violin, blues guitar, and saxophone. So all is musical no matter what I am up to in the studio. Since I was a kid I have had the urge to be creative Now, in my later sixties, I am determine to know. I want to follow this to the end to see what these paintings, and all this music amounts to. This is probably the last great adventure I will have, so I am all in. So, watch out for nonstop music, canvases with multiple panels, with paint spread thick or dribbled on, words with meaning, and results that will challenge, push the meaning of music, and may even splash back. This blog's real purpose is to document my story in the making, and you are welcomed to follow along. Thank you for your support. Scotty Von Holzen

S_V_H Chopin’s Etude Op.10 No.3 Tristesse image9

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This partial image is showing that this magnificent music is starting to find its own personality.   This is a the beginning of the last nine measures and the music is pounding and crazy. It settles down memorably and ends how it should with grace. This canvas is 14 feet and is taking a long time to complete.  So, to  open more doors quicker the 20 inch by 5 foot 2010 Christmas work is next.    The search for music  begins.  But, for now, this work is the priority with many decisions to be made, although most will quickly fall in place.  There is also an effort to brings all of the many colors together to improve the harmony that  flows through the music.  Understand there is no one vision for these works are even a clear path  that will make this effort worthwhile, yet that changes nothing, for the core belief never alters.

Scott Von Holzen

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S_V_H Chopin Tristesse image8

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Closeup partial image:  Progress is slow.  The focus is weak. the effort is there just not enough.  To many distractions.  Art requires a lot of concentration which is easier with youth and a challenge with age.  Aging adds complications and if you have a day job that bounces around so to does the art.   For two days, nothing seemed to fit with this canvas.  Dragging other canvases out to view, should of help but did not.  It has been emphasized a number of times in the past that each work forces decisions that reject the past and that is true with this work.  This canvas is long, 14 feet, but the notes are fairly small, about 70mms, to fit the last nine measures.  This creates an issue,  because of  their size, things were being painted with delicate moves, contrasts, and colors.   This soon was seen as a mistake, because of the length of this work, it is not going to be viewed generally, close up. So the emphasis changed to paint more visual effects that can be seen from further back.  Even when the final image is reproduced on the website  it is going to be reproduce with great closeup detail because of the Canon with its almost 4×3 format.

Tonight, the shafts of the notes finally flowed off a small pallet knife and although the beam color, yellow Ochre, may seem to earthy, that may be just a base color to build on.  Anyway, the Ochred may look out of place except for one thing, it stands out from away.

Scott Von Holzen

S_V_H Chopin’s Etude, op.10 no.3 “Tristesse” image7

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Been a few days with summer and all, but unlike smaller canvases this 14 footer takes considerable time to see leaps and bounds of changes. What you see here is more thought then progress.  There is going on a constant comparison to Long & Winding for that one days adventure broke new ground, and pushed things forward way more then was ever expected.  But, as has been learned from the pass, there is no real duplicating of the techniques from a previous work with the current effort.  Yes, those tried techniques are attempted but somehow they never fit the same.  This causes frustration and eventually something happens, usually accidentally, and the way forward is found.  It has been that way for the last five years.  The day that ends, the day there are no more accidents available, will  stop everything.  The wall will loom;  the choice will have to be made, not accidentally.

Scott Von Holzen

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