Category: 2010

imagine first view while Chopin Fantasy Impromptu is done

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I have forgotten about some quick final thoughts on Sandman: I like it more that it is done.  The red and the gold works well to where I may be using it for my new personnel photo on the website.  Interestingly, I may pose myself similar to  the photo of Jackson P in Life.

Anyway, Fantasy is done.  It is hard to like such a small canvas for it feels so restrictive as if the music is compressed to fit. What I discovered that makes this work solid are the green and red sections are balance it all in pieces of threes.  The final version is posted at my website,  www.scottvonholzen.com

Improvisation no. 3 2010 theme: mr sandman is finished

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Ok…. after a lot of second guessing on Sunday and adding, then removing paint from the lower color band, thinking of Rothko as I scrubbed away,  all was done just after 5pm.  I find the playing with words that I used  does certainly push the painting and the viewer into a reconsideration of its meaning. Actually, every piece where there are words I try to spin their meaning differently from the music to claim a unique perspective.

And as for the musical theme this work is based on  sure,  you can see the golden sand and the setting sky in the background.    That is the symbolic tribute.    All that music stuff gets quickly loss as I progress with the art and the creation of a flow and the right use of color and balance.  When finished a work is judge by me as a work of art only.    The music has been absorbed in the canvas only exist in the mood and the title.  You see it always start with the love of music but ends with the passions of art.

I will be uploading a  final and much larger view of this canvas to my website so you can see much more detail.  It was hard to photograph this ten foot horizon… and although the glare is fairly well contained I am going to pick up some white  material tomorrow and see if I can even out the lighting even more before posting it.  There is going to be a 3 foot by 18 foot canvas coming up and I will need to fine tune my photography skills to have a presentable image.   We shall see…. more comments and the true thoughts about this painting to come.

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Improvisation no. 2 2010 theme: Ive got a crush on you

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Crush is finished and a better quality image as been uploaded to the Main page at

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Check it out.  More comments later, with information concerning my next work on a 20″ by 120″ canvas, which starts tonight.

Had a technical issue with this canvas that took the edge off of a clean start.  I am going to look over the plan for this next theme:  sandman.  OK,  anyone under 40 probably has no idea what I am talking about or has ever heard of this music but this  piece carries a lot of fond feelings for me.

Here is where it all starts.  I have no idea what is next beyond my current routine of prepping the canvas and rolling on some kind of a base coat.   All I know is that I will be using brighter colors to reflect the mood of this theme.  But, that does not mean much more then a place and an idea to start with.

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