Solo show time again and I thought I would do something different on these pages.
A countdown.
Juggling a studio (now studios) like mine present fun and often interesting challenges. I am often asked, “When do you find time to do your art?”
Good question. Between classes and preparing new techniques, open studio, showing others’ work in the SilverWorks gallery, not to mention the businessy side of running anything, it is hard to find that quiet space needed to produce good show pieces. But deadlines are a good way to stretch and so I thought I might document my progress on this particular show.
I am challenging myself with the theme of synethesia. I am not a true by the book synesthete but like a lot of artists my work can be radically and directly influenced by the senses.
One of these is sound.
So I am exploring the connection I have to music in my work. (listening to it I mean)
I am effected in three ways.
- Mildly. Like a mood change that makes me feel a certain way that helps move a design along.
- Influenced. This is an evolution of a design through a piece of music. The design may change and grow as I listen.
- Direct trigger. This is the closest to the synesthetic experience. While listening to a piece of music there may be a particular chord progression or combination of instruments that creates a visual flash of a fully completed design. It is a bit like a slap in the face. The trick is to record the design via sketch before it fades, and then of course executing that design.
So I have collected a number of pieces of music from different genres and am giving them a listen, recording my experience and the designs that result. The goal is to have 10 larger works (take more time more focus and the challenge of the theme) and 25 smaller works. A total of 35 pieces in 40 days.
Yea, I know.
So wish me luck, and take a ride with me via these pages if you choose. Some of the ride is going to get bumpy no doubt, but it is often fun to see what the muse brings forth.