Tag: Music

S_V_H It’s a Man’s World image4

Published on by Scott Von Holzen

Man’s world 24inches by 6 feet:

Worked late into the night, well after midnight, on Friday and then spent the weekend with my Brother Roger, Myke, and family.  There was actually a small amount of talk about this art throughout these last two days, and that is appreciated.  Interestingly, for this artist, every Christmas Uncle Walt receives a Christmas card, signed and numbered, with a canvas print of that years Christmas painting.  His wife told me that she keeps them all and plans on framing them.  It is nice that they are kept.

Hopefully, those Christmas cards, sent only to those who have every purchased an artwork, and close family and a few friends, will be rare in numbers to bring value to themselves and to those smart collectors that have held on to them.  That is part of the idea, with the other to show the continuous thanks to those that have made a difference in this artist’s life, which includes those strangers that have purchased a work here and there.  It does happen, with two last year. Not ready for prime time, but primed and ready to go.

Man’s world, is less fearful.  Starting this works was scary for a few days.   Now, it appears that this canvas is spreading it wings, with a nudge. The background is not finished, but this is being posted to show the return of confidence that a long night can accomplish.

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Taking another look  at Man’s World, and have decided the background is good to go.  The time just feels right to put down some music.   It is, all about the music.

Scott Von Holzen

S_V_H It’s A Man’s World image2&3

Published on by Scott Von Holzen

It’s a man’s world 24 inches by 6 feet.  Above is last nights effort, and just below is the nights before, which is frightening and effected that nights sleep. By the end of that night, something had to be done to change the direction of this canvas, and that it did.

Last night there was a refocus and movement forward.

This music speaks about the relationship between a man and a woman, and what was started last night is an effort to combine feminine colors with masculine.   That will hopefully continue tonight.  But last night and this night, this artist is tired from another busy week at work, kissing peoples asses. And the weekend is shot with visiting relatives. So it goes. Then there will be a few days after with marginal focus and drive, and then finally, finally the insight will return.  It is scary being away from your art.   It is the art that holds the dream together.  All else can fail, and it will in time, but the pursuit of the art keeps the beat strong, gives purpose,  meaning, and for now keeps failure away from the door.

Just before starting Man’s World it was hoped that this work would be able to close the door on the Birthday painting. The realization tonight, is that door no longer exists, and so there is nothing to close. The feeling is just move on, and see, see, see the way through this work onto the next,  then the next, next effort to witness the surprises that will all surely present.

That is how you sharpen the focus, chase the dream, and shun failure.

Scott Von Holzen

S_V_H Like a Prayer final image

Published on by Scott Von Holzen

Like a Prayer 2 panels 24inches by 8 feet:

Looking a this painting propped up on a set of spare easels across the room,  provides distance and softer more random  lighting  that lets the interesting use of colors, the flow  and the interaction of the different  shapes, play out musically.

Above is the work table for Prayer that was rolled around the floor following every move. This photo is much the same as a similar one taken many month earlier. Again, a new artwork workplace starts clean with a tube, a couple of jars of white, and a few scattered rulers.  As you can see things get messy from then on. When the project is over the paints are piled up and over onto each other including a couple dozen tubes of paint that are buried.  Although finding paints can be time consuming  this method of work will never change,  because to put the jars back after being used, leaves the possible question later on, of what colors were used?  Understand,  too much organization definitively slows the creative moment, and can make the artist too cautious.  When you are in the zone,  the only thought should be how best to apply and move the paint.

Back to Prayer this work,  since this is the smallest painting of the three, there was a feeling from the start that its size would guarantee the difficulty to out perform Hallelujah and Thunder.   Looking at the finished work, Prayer has it strenghts, in some ways better in others not so much: Hallelujah has a majesty about it while Thunder Road looks complicated. Prayer is neither of those descriptions. Prayer has more separation between the base and the music.  Prayer’s colors are hotter, and the flow moves quicker across the canvas. Prayer is more playful, similar to the music, less reflective then either of the other two, and harsher which is obvious. Prayer does continues the same stylistic theme which works to bring all three of these artworks together.  That use of a similar style is what now brings us to It’s A Man’s World:

First image It’s a Man’s World 24inches by 6 feet.  A smaller canvas was picked which makes it easier to break the current style. It does takes less of everything to form an impression, or change a direction when using a six foot canvas.  The current thought is to look back  to the Birthday painting from late July 2010. There has been this continuous feeling that more was done that day to push this art forward, then anything after that.  After July the biggest stylistic change was thought to be the move to round the notes.

Looking at The Birthday painting, The Long and Winding Road, it accomplished its goal with its blended look, much different from what has followed.  There is no thought to duplicate that past, but there are lingering feelings that have continued to bother as if something had not yet been resolved. But that is going to change now, with Man’s World.  There is finally the insight to what occurred that July day, which turns out to be obvious:  That work brought the background forward and mingled it with the musical flow. That was surprisingly easy to do then, because that work was painted based on a Van Gogh landscape.  Since then nothing like that has been tried again. So, it is no wonder that what occurred that day was a one-hit-wonder.  That brings us to the current goal of trying to close the door on that late July.  That can be accomplished with this painting by lifting the background and moving it closer to the front where the music is.  Do that without the help of a Vincent painting being used as a template will be a small evolution, that is for sure. But it will be a concerted effort, to hopefully move every bit of this art forward in one big chunk.  We shall see.

Scott von Holzen