see music...
'Suite Boréale', 1991, acrylic on paper, 25 1/2 x 38 1/2 inch, 65 x 98 cm
Georges Braque*
writes in his 'Illustrated Notebooks'**:
"The vase gives a form to the void, and the music gives a form to the silence."
'Bird Hair', 1992,
woodcut, hand pulled, 10 x 13 inch, 25.5 x 33 cm
It's about giving form to something invisible.
'Full Moon', 1993,
woodcut, hand pulled, 16 x 16 inch, 40 x 40 cm
While we enjoy listening to music it may occur that we perceive 'movements' in the space around us.
'Troubadour', 1992,
woodcut, handpulled, 12 x 13 inch, 30 x 33 cm
This may transform into abstract wave patterns,
or shape shift into botanical and animal forms or the human figure.
'Fly Music Fly'. 1994, woodcut, hand pulled,
6 5/8 x 9 3/8 inch, 17 x 24 cm
'Danse Burlesque', 1990, acrylic on canvas,
50 x 56 inch, 127 x 142 cm
While visualizing we may also perceive dramatic energy
or expression of the temperament of the musician(s).
'Suite Wilderness I', 1990,
acrylic on paper, 22 x 30 inch, 56 x 76 cm
All these emerging forms constantly change, eventually dissolve into
shadows or may blend with the radiance of flickering...
'Suite Canadienne',1993,
tempera and acrylic on canvas,
75 1/2 x 58 1/2 inch, 192 x 148.5 cm
* Georges Braque, French Fauvist/Cubist
painter, 1882-1963
** Illustrated Notebooks, 1917-1955 by Georges Braque
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