Tag: Music

S_V_H Serenade No. 13 for Strings in G image2

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Mozart’s K.525 Romanze Andante, 3 panel 30 inches by 10 feet.  For now this is the completed background, which is an abstraction artwork of its own  The goal of every painting is that each work is actually two artworks: an abstract background and the depiction of the flow of a particular piece of music.  It is hoped that together the two makes the one exceptional.

The finish of the background is  rough and with more contrast in shades.  The purpose of that is to keep the background interesting, as large parts of it are going to be covered by the music.  The thinking is that once the music is applied there will be a return to the background to give back some of the life taken away by the music, and to unite the two.

Listening to The Boxer by Simon and Garfunkel

The best part about this work is its breaking with the previous paintings.  The desire is to keep heading in this direction,  and to not to return to the tried and proven.  This art needs to grow a lot before it is worth a second look, and this is the understanding that keeps pushing this artist, into the future.  It is the universal desire to know one self,  to see if there just may be something there, that can expose the real heart of the matter and your purpose in life.  Hum, good luck on that.

Listening to Crash Into Me – Debbie Comer

Next up is the drawing in of the music which should be done later on tonight.

Of note,  the movie Basquiat directed by Julian Schnabel was interesting and entertaining, but at times it seems unrealistic.  A better insight into the artist, is the documentary Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child. Although Jean-Michel art has yet to make an impact on this artist;  he surely was an amazing talent, exceptional at the art of self promotion, living in the center of the art world, New York, and of course, a close friend of Andy Warhol. Wow, Basquiat was truly the artist in the right place at the right time.

Scott Von Holzen

S_V_H Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major, image1

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Mozart, “a little serenade”  Eine Kleinie Nachtmusik, K.525 Romanze Andante, 3 panels 30 inches by 10 feet. The inspiration for this base comes from Sean Scully and this particular work titled Yellow Seal.  The reproduction above is a little bright and the reproduction from the link and in his book, Sean Scully A Retrospective, are both quite different.  In reality it does not make that much different what colors the inspiration is, for what is put down on this canvas is its own expression.  My paint is different from his paint; my hand is different from his.

Sean Scully influence comes from his works before the year 2000.  It is amazing scrolling through the images of his art  just how many paintings this man has done.  This artist currently completes a dozen or so canvases in a year.  Looking through Sean Scully’s works, the thought is that so many of his works are similar, one after another, day after day, after month. You wonder how much feeling or meaning does he put into his efforts.  Of course, the amount of  time put in a artwork does not, in any way, decide its value.  Some days Van Gogh would complete 3 or 4 works, which are all worth a great amount of money, today; but you kinda-of-gotta-wonder what is any artist driving force, and maybe that can help to decide the artworks worth.  Maybe, and then again time nor effort may have little play in the real worlds evaluation of art.

This first image, of the unfinished base, is quite different from the previous works from 2011.  It is a departure in color brought on by this artist exhaustion with blue and green. What is being attempted here is to reach of a goal this artist wants to achieve: creating a artwork, that is the background, that stands on its own. The music flow of the little serenade, is the second artwork to be attempted.  The success is in bringing these two seperate artworks together to the music of Mozart. We shall see.

Scott Von Holzen

S_V_H BlackBird final image

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This is the final image for BlackBird, 30inches by 6 feet.  The color reproduction is not the best representation of this painting: the darks are not dark enough and  it leans to the red side of the spectrum. Will pull out the flashes the umbrellas and try it again some slow January day and do a better job with the next finished work, and then I will re-shoot this interesting work.

This artist has mixed emotions over this work.  With the Holidays and a personnel health issue I have been somewhat distracted, and drifting.  In the end a work ends  at the right time, no matter the expectations of the artist.  There is no outstanding features with this work, although the ties and those two flowing notes above are quite appealing.  The thought is to take this canvas into work to exchange out, a previous display, in the office of the person that bought a previous work. Not sure the logic of why of  this other than he would appreciate it, and it gets this art out of the basement.

Don Henley – The End of The Innocence

Also, this work is going to a the signature piece to be email to a local art museum curator of  exhibitions. Two years ago, around this time, I sent him a Christmas card and a CD with images, and asked for his opinion. He was nice, when I contacted him again, and he then responded.  Basically, what he offered were musical painting examples to follow,  interesting, but  no helped in anyway: been there, done that.  If and when he is contacted again, he will at less see that this artist is focused and determined if nothing  else.  There will be nothing else to come out of this contact, that is for sure.  But it is known, that being totally unknown, is not a good thing for any artist.  So, any contacts with those in the establish art world is not a bad idea, no matter how this artist appears to be shying away from them.  Know this, this artist comes from a strong salesperson family. I know what efforts need to be done to get this work out, but doubts linger, and so the process is excruciatingly slow.

Listening to Don McLean American Pie

Priming a 3 panel 10 feet canvas to paint Mozart’s Eine Kleinie Nachtmusik, Romanze Andate.    A long time a go another work was done from the Allegro part.  There is hope in new ideas, and frustrations that need to be dispersed,  that may make this is a strong work, that pushes this art hard forward.

Scott Von Holzen