Tag: contemporary art

S_V_H aRT iN mUSIC & sCOTT sTEREO sERIES system:

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This video introduces the basics of the new Stereo System that I call Scott Stereo Series or SSSV3-3.5
This video, should how fast this art can problem solve and go deeper using lights to enhance an exhibition experience.

When I started to paint portraits of a song….. those artworks where about a few notes from the original song painted on the canvas with the colors that I thought fit the music. I then soon added a lyric word or two so that to place my painted notes to match the flow of the original sheet music notes. It took 12 years of painting traditional portraits of music like others paint portraits of people, that I realized I could add sound to my painting for the canvas frame is 1.5 inches in depth so a small sound device with a trigger placed to be played, could add a low of interest to just copies of musical notes. That was where I started with sound finding EZSound box with a push button to play as a simple solution.

This is an image of a 1/2 watt speaker that I could upload my music to and also had a play switch. This was my first sound system I installed on my artworks, something in 2018. A version of this sound box I also used for my little mini Beethoven art gifts



Image of my style trend to frame up small artworks in order to increase interest and keep the pricing low.
This is a closeup image of my small Beethoven 5th first music box. Notice the PUSH button on the lower right of the artwork.
Here is the latest Stereo System upgrade for all future works. The 5×7 above will be replaced with a 6.5 sub woofer. The two speaker boxes are on each side of the system in the middle and they are each 4×6 2 way speakers side firing to push the stereo out into the entire wall.

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I will be Bach. I Hayden to leave you but there is Mozart that needs my attention


Addendum August 2nd:

I have a new stereo version” ScottStereoSystem V4 with the switch out of the 3way 5×7 (a spare) and the installation of a nice Dayton 6.5 sub woofer. The song difference surprised.

The Tango Per Una Cabeza Image 2 plus what else is new

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This artwork is stretching out to over 80 inches in length.  Of course this artwork reminds me of earlier works, especially with its length, but because of some resemblances, I will find ways to do something different with this work to not only make it unique looking, but to also coax this style forward. All I need to accomplish my expectations for this artworks is the ideas to make that happen, which at this moment do not exist. That may be because lately I have turned away from working on this work. That progress was held up, in order for me to work on new works I wanted for a couple of small art shows.

For the one day show this weekend at the Artisan Forge, I have created two smaller mini four note Beethoven 5th artworks including placing them in custom-built frames.

These mini Beethoven artworks each measure about 9.5 inches in length by 10.5 inches in height.  Also, new for this show I have created an extended musical version of Beethoven’s Für Elise.

This Beethoven artwork is also in a new custom frame with overall measurements of 33 inches in length by about 10.25 inches in height.  All three of these artworks have buttons to press to listen to the music:

For the Show all November at the Elmaro Winery near Winona Minnesota, I will be displaying only one artwork which is this updated earlier version of Für Elise. It was last year late that I showed my first version of Beethoven’s 5th that sold quickly at Elmaro, but without the music.

Finally, here is Beethoven’s Ode to Joy in the last of the new custom frames, that has been on display for a number of months at the Artisan Forge Gallery, but in a much larger, 20 by 24 inch frame.  These new custom frames, built to fit the shape of the artworks, I hope will present these little works in a much more appealing way.

Lastly,  I have this other very little addition to my Art Fair and Show inventory:

Next up back to work on The Tango artwork, but again there will be some distraction,  for I also need to start work on the Christmas painting for the 2018 Christmas cards.

 

Scott Von Holzen

S_V_H I Will Always Love you Final Image

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Two canvases with aluminum and wood features. 47.75 in Length by about 18.75 in height

I Will always Love you is finally finished. Although I did not have to, I picked an interesting, and challenging part of the music to paint. The problem is that it took so long to complete that I developed a new idea I would like to try.  This painting, I Will Always…., shares the same basic style of connecting  two canvases together with aluminum strips that I started in April with When Doves Cry.  Since than it has worked well with the music, but I don’t want my artwork to be too repetitive, so I am taking a little style break.

For this painting I was never crazy about combing the colors of turquoise and brown. That was the request of the owner of this artwork.  If I had to do it all over again I would have went with even smaller canvas to diminish the turquoise.  To compensate for the larger canvas I did try to cover up, or break up,  as much of the turquoise as I could with different shades of brown. I do like that I used different shades of the turquoise. I have been using a lot of solid colors for backgrounds lately, which is less interesting. For the future I think I will go with different shades of a single color, but keep the shading a lot closer together. I think in that way I can have the clean look of a solid, without being boring.

I used the Rainbow Flag colors to give this painting its own special look, and by only using the one word, love, I  covered the meaning of this music to the owners.

There you go. Another painting, that lucky for me is not headed to storage, but to Missouri.

Next up, I plan on doing something different.

Scott Von Holzen