Tag: Coldplay

S_V_H First image The Scientist

Published on by Scott Von Holzen
The Scientist 36″ main canvas

My next project is The Scientist by Coldplay. I have liked this melody for a long time but hesitated to do it for I had recently completed a Coldplay project in 2023. I changed my mind because of the lyrics. What caught my attention are these words that the artwork will be portraying.
“Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be so hard“
Those words remind me of what I am going through trying to get this art out of storage and into the open where it belongs.

The Studio’s new artwork storage shelf

I have a problem in that I am running out of space to store artworks. I only have the lower level below the studio, and I have filled it up with over 200 works. With the effort of my son-in-law, who is good at building anything out of wood, we found and he built a space to store more works. In the image above the lower floor is already in use and full. What is new is the added second level, that is eight by eight feet in size that should handle of couple of years of additional works.

I found this (unauthorized) but sharper image online of the piano used in the live performance of The Scientist.
This video live performance of The Scientist is where I first saw Coldplays painted piano.

After seeing the painted piano in the Coldplay video, I looked around at other live performances to get a better idea of the colors that were used. I found they use several pianos of the same model, each painted differently. This made my pick of colors for the two canvases easy. I am always looking to connect the music or the artist to the artwork. It is Coldplay’s color choices for the pianos that I used to connect this artwork to Coldplay, and not the designs or words painted on the pianos.

Scott Von Holzen

S_V_H Everyglow image1

Published on by Scott Von Holzen
This first image shows where I am laying out to music to see if most of it will fit on these size canvases.

I am planning to incorporate two framed 12 x 16 Vincent Van Gogh wall prints into the artwork. I will build my speaker boxes around them. Here are the links to information about the original artworks.

https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/collection/s0144V1962

https://www.wikiart.org/en/vincent-van-gogh/vase-with-lilacs-daisies-and-anemones-1887

Updated image of the artwork with notes and two Amazon framed Vincent Van Gogh prints.

The reason I am using two wall prints in this artwork, is to raise their status from cheap household wall art to art. It is the surprising quality of cheap wall art that I can see where your average kitchen table artist will eventually find it impossible to compete with. Even without Van Gogh’s raised textures these inexpensive Amazon wall art pieces would look decent or even nice in your average living room. If they were framed, they would certainly gain increased prestige. Even on the internet site Etsy, where flower prints are handmade, these two $14 framed prints hold their own in look and price.

Here is the final draft of Everglow’s artwork’s cover music before moving it into my finishing software StudioOne. I have edited my cover down to 30 seconds in length because of copyright restrictions, that I actually put on myself. Really, who in the music industry actually follows me, or actually reads these blog posts? I do this because it is the right thing to do.

Scott Von Holzen