Category: Modern

S_V_H More Than You Know image4

Published on by Scott Von Holzen

More than you know is taking a small inspiration from  Composition 8 by Vasily Kandinsky. Listening to Sarah Vaughan – More Than You Know.  This is a small progress note.  The beams (the objects above the circles) are  interesting in design and coloring.  Using combinations of different jars of magenta, yellow, orange, and some reds, mixed for different shades, the idea is to finish them in a style that is own my this artist.

The image color is fairly accurate, accept the white areas along the edges that have a blue cast that obviously should not be there. Therefore the whole image is titled somewhat to the blue side. It is important to the viewer, although everyone’s view is different, that it is know that this artist is trying to present his paintings  accurately, considering these are simple snapshots.  This image is taken with a Canon 7D camera, ISO 100, with a single Canon 580EXII attached flash.  There are white bounce boards along the bottom of the image to help the lighting.  The Canon flash is titled straight up to bounce of the white diffused ceiling title. That is that technical update.

Listening to Sarah Vaughan – More Than You Know.  The Kandinsky beams are interesting and a color challenge.  Using combinations of different jars of magenta, yellow, orange, and some reds, mixed for different shades, this artist’s desire is to finish the beams with a look that is more his own.

Del Shannon -Runaway ’67
Book of Love – Boy
Freddie King – You’ve Got To Love Her With A Feeling

Another consideration is that this music, generally, has been sung more by women. Because of Sarah Vaughan’s version of this music the color choices, will for certain, lean more to the feminine side of the color chart.  The beams, even in this early stage, are reflecting that preference. More Than You Know is not  a moody piece, nor bouncy, so the use of colors to move this work from right to left will be (at this moment), softer, and easy on the eyes.

Wildfire – Michael Martin Murphey.  This is kind of a long, long time favorite, maybe because of the piano.

John Mayer – Gravity
Fall Out Boy – Tiffany Blews

Scott Von Holzen
(all the music listed in these posts are in this artist’s favorite music playlist, which at this moment totals 1285 songs)

S_V_H More Than You Know image2&3

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More Than you know 24inches by 6 feet in length.  Judging from these two images done a day apart that this painting has been flipped; but not it wasn’t but this artist was surprised to see the change.  That is how art evolves.  Between image 2 and 3 is a lot of wasted paint, time, and the fear, more then once, that the work was lost.  You never know exactly why you do things, because like a lot of artists, your next move is the one that goes with  a feeling, an instinct, a guess, or the desperation to quit thinking, and put down some paint so you have something else to look at.

More’s background is close to be finished for now…..

Listening to The Temptations – Just My Imagination.

Originally, there was a desire to work more with browns, and then bring the blues in when the music was added.   Going from Burnt Sienna, to Umber,  to Van Dyke Brown, toPurple, Prussian Blue, Azurite Blue, and Ultramarine, and Cobalt Blue, and then, finally, having more fun with, light violet, a few Cyans,  Cerulean blue, and Phthalo Turquois, finally put this artwork back into focus.  Every new artwork put me on the line.  In other words, this artist feels he is only as good as the work that is currently being done.  Every work that is finished proves, at that moment only, that there was still something left to be painted.

Understand this art is very different from landscape, or portrait, or still works, all wonderful genres.  Painting a portrait is different with every sitting.  Painting a landscape is different with every view, or time of day.  Every still life is different by changing to the objects.  This musical art …

Jay-Z – The Blueprint 2: The Gift

…is more and more, in this artist view a work of Abstraction, a creation that is pulled  from imagination.   Sure, the flow of the music helps, but that is all this art starts with.  Everything you see, comes from nothing that has ever existed.  That does not mean that this art is anything special, every artist creates unique works.  Still, looking at Hallelujah, or Thunder Road, this artist knows for a moment  that there is something going on here, that something unique could be happening.  That feeling quickly fades knowing that more time and huge amount effort is needed to…..

How Far – Martina McBride

… prove this art’s Worth.  That moment, that occurs when needed,  is all that is needed to keep the brushes moving.

Scott Von Holzen  listening to Carmen McRae – Ain’t Misbehavin’

S_V_H More Than You Know image1

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More Than you Know a torch song with the version by Sara Vaughan…..listening to Hard Headed Woman song by Elvis Presley….putting this classic into this painters Q.   All Image one’s are not to be taken seriously, they are done quickly with some thought to positioning but mostly the color theme for the music.  The purpose of Image 1 is to do something to cover the pure white of a freshly primed canvas (three extra coats over the factory prime).

Listening to The Beatles Things We Said Today.  In a Classic Mood, is the guess.   This image will disappear but unlike a lot of  previous Image ones,  it is the feeling that the range of browns will have……

Chicago  If You Leave Me Now

……staying power with this more moody music.  A three inch roller was used on this base, with the paint put on in bloches inorder to give the base this look. That method of applying paint is new to this art.  Tonight, lets see if we can push that style to see if it breaks.

Listening to Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets singing Blast Off  (upbeat Blues)

Let’s roll and spread some paint!
Nothing but the Classics tonight…..Takin’ Care Of Business Bachman-Turner OverDrive

Scott Von Holzen      ….. ending this post with Someday by Nickelback