Tag: Music

Stand By Me is should be finish this week.  It is Monday night and Mondays are never easy, switching priorities, but this work is moving at a respectable pace.  Stand is starting to define itself. The beginning of its separation became obvious in the drawing of the tie and the slur. The use of Prussian Blue, after giving up on reds, and greens, just seemed to work. The lines held there own considering the original drawing was done to just get some ideas of what would stand out. That drawing has been left, as is, for a few days, just to see if only minor tweaking might be required. That might be too presumptuous.  To see the difference in styles look at the tie and slur from Hallelujah, below,then click on Stand to see the full image. Stands lines are stark, predictable and moody, while with Hallelujah the tie and slur are quit flamboyant and outgoing.  Not sure if that makes any sense, this artist never looks at any of these works trying to drop them into any categories.  They would not like that.

There was, or is, a problem with the second eighth rest, in that much of the space it needed was taken to create more space for the notes.  Not sure if Burnt Sienna is that final color for these two objects, but it appears, for sure, that the second rest is just going to be allowed to overlap.  There may be a need to add some personality to these two small objects, but for now there are no ideas.

The background may be worked to create added interest, and drama.  There will be mild surprises, as the process of letting go of this art work starts. It just might be easier then to just kick it here and there, hoping to give this painting the uniqueness it strives for.

Scott Von Holzen

Stand By Me 24 inches by 6 feet.  Evolving slowly, considering that white bottom line, a  musical tie, took over an hour to draw.  The brush is filled with Open acrylic titanium white from Golden, and the drawing just happens.  Then a wet rag wipes most of it off and the line is drawn again, again, again, and again, and again the line is wiped off.  The far left dropping swirl, actually, came early in the design.  The rest of the line resisted, and in fact there is still one smaller tie to draw in, but it was late, and there where not more ideas left, for now.

These paintings resist duplicating, and dislike even resembling, any previous work.  Looking at Hallelujah, and Chopin’s Valse, they both offered great suggestions for a slue or a tie, but Stand was not interested.  Still, Stand did learn from the past and in a simple  act of painting the line flowed, and its feelings where respected.   It is always Artist against the Art.  Sure the Art will win in the end, that is accepted and this Artist appreciates the defiance of the Art.  The Art is right. The Art is forever right.

Art takes everything and gives back the forever reason, the why we are here, now, at this moment.

Scott Von Holzen