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S_V_H Love is All Around Final Image

Published on by Scott Von Holzen

 

This artistic style brings this found 60s peace symbol,

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and the faint memory of  this 60s Pop Art sculpture by Robert Indiana,
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and these new pair of walking shoes, that have improve my time,

 

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all together to create this image,
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that is the word ‘Love’ on a small added canvas that is part of my latest composition, Love is All Around.

 

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I started this artwork on the first week of May according to my worksheet.  I finished yesterday. My free time is still limited, and summer brings on lots of must do demands, but I am still surprised that this work took so long. I do not see any big style changes or break through moves, but I do see the continuing evolution in how I depict musical slurs and ties.  As far as the three 8th notes, in this work, they again, like in the past, where a struggle.  I am not seeing much difference or movement in them. In truth the first Kyoto Bach is still hanging on the wall I looked to its lone 8th note for direction. Since each new artwork builds on earlier works all this is not surprising. I bigger problem, that probably took a week to resolve, was finding the right color combinations for the banding of the shafts. I ended up with four different color choices, which is something unique to this work.

What still is a mystery, that I shall never resolve, is why this smaller work took so long to complete. I must say the music never was a favorite of mine. I listened to my four different versions of Love is All Around, over-and-over to help me get a better respect for the music.  I also watch a few YouTube videos about the story of the Troggs, which was interesting. I guess the challenge was creating a painting that represents a love song that I was not in love with. That is exactly would I did. This artwork surprisingly is full of interest that is well done and creative by my standards.

All Around reminds me of Up On The Roof, because both of these artworks last panels have a dramatic impact. An interesting difference is that second panel and how it drops well below the others. There is a pause in this music represented by those three rest symbols on the upper part of the canvas.  I could have treated those rests like I have done in most of my other works, but I wanted to add more interest to the physical look and the flow of the music. That is why you see the lower music which represents the background notes heard between the voice. We will see how this change will affect future works.

I like the look of this work.  I believe it can stand alone or with the music. This is a commission work so it is not for sale, but prints will be available.

Scott Von Holzen

 

S_V_H Love is All Around image5

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I am finally starting to feel that this work is taking on its own uniqueness. This work started out with a unique physical look that I liked. The problem has been how to paint this love song in a way that expressing the love in this music in a way that connects this painting with that one piece of music. I believe that work done on the far right panel has made that happen.  That fourth canvas reminds me of a similar panel from Up On The Roof, but these ties and slurs have found their own expression.

Every artwork needs to make its point in order for me to feel that the time and effort spent on each piece of music did improve my understanding of this art form. Since these pieces are one-of-a-kind, that means even though they share parts and styles of earlier works, they somehow find some new way of expression that makes it unique. Each new painting adds an indispensable paragraph to this artist story. That is an intrinsic goal with each painting.

Art can be complicated, or it can simply be wall decoration. My choice is to paint complex. You the viewer will grasp an understanding what pleases.  I do offer clues and familiarity that can show the way, but for many that may not even be necessary.  My art is in one way like Egyptian hieroglyphics.  My paintings of music, in their own way, could resemble the beautiful figures and symbols carved into those ancient stone walls. Few people know what the meaning of the hieroglyphics, but they do know is that they are depicting something that means something  special carved meticulously into the stone thousands of years ago. This art is not that, old,  complicated, meaningful, or meticulous, but it does speak, at times beautifully in its own unique way, the history of music.

 

Scott Von Holzen

 

S_V_H Vivaldi’s Winter Allegro Non Molto Final image

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Vivaldi’s Winter Allegro Non Molto.  This was a forever painting. Forever to finish that is.  Soon after I took this photograph, with Barbara’s help, we placed it in front of a large stack of canvases.  Because it is over seventeen feet in length I could not hang this artwork.  I am not sure if I will ever see this work on any wall. That is the way it is. This large artwork is a part of the lengthy Vivaldi Four Seasons art series.  Now, there are only two more paintings that I need to create.

I am looking forward to Spring’s first movement. I am seeing bright flashy colors of shades and tints of violet,  rose, and purple, bouncing around in my head. When completed you will know it. There will be no questions which season this painting is about.  I have looked at a lot of lilac bushes and flowering crabs, that are now all faded away, and that is about it. This means I am behind schedule.  Once I start and then finish  Spring what is left is the third movement of Summer. it will probably be late, late summer, before that work is near completion.

The walk-through for the 11 painting in the Four Seasons series.

 

 

Scott Von Holzen