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

Vivaldi Spring Allegro image1

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First close in image of a new painting that is 12 inches by 6 feet in length. It is very small, but cute work, that will appeal to the feminine mind with its pastel leaning.  A color shift in the pallet was just needed no mater, to open up, clear things up and put stuff in order:  Kinda like the results of taking the garage curbside every Tuesday.

Scott Von Holzen

Chopin Nocturne Op 9 No1 image21 final

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Closeup image of completed work. Full image available at www.scottvonholzen.com.  There have been thousands, of thousands, of more thousands of brush strokes.  Already the last stoke has been blended into all the rest and like the rest they have all drifted out of memory and into a finish work.  Another thousand could have been place, and some could have had their effort made know, but there are only so many thousands left and it was time to take the brush in a different dab.

Chopin’s Nocturne Op.9 No.1 image 20

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Partial image close up.   This work is nearing completion hopefully this weekend.  There is a feeling, an attachment that should comfort the next owner.  They can stare close, and gently touch the surface knowing how lucky they are to be at the moment again. There is a bond that will never be greater then now, and whoever has the next now will know the moment, a bit, a thought, a time, what it  feels to be there, and closely move among the paint, eyes wide open.

Scott  Von Holzen