Spent the last two nights on this base. It turns out that it is not as experimental as I would like: more like a technical training exercise. Has all ways a canvas just goes the way that works for me. Tonight I will be putting down the music.
scott von holzen
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.
scott von holzen
This painting is coming together. I have worked a lot on adding shades of color into the background to build interest; to enhance the effect of a setting sun. I had to do something for any good reason just to POP the background. Working different shades and contrasts reminds me of what Rothko did with his edges.
More comments later
scott von holzen
aRT iN mUSIC