Painting & music

[Patt Legg]

Hello all,

It has been quite sometime since I have written here but when I read this thread I felt the need to say a few.

I always have my music going when I paint. As for the type of music I have found it varies considerably with the mood that I am in. I love Classic Guitar and Celtic, Patrick Bernhardt and Native American flute and voice of Robert Tree Cody, the oldies and many new of Rod Stewart. Very seldom do I listen to rock of any type not to say that I don't love the music but more for social life of which I do not do like I used to do.

Now Marvin, I know you like your stuff but I do recall a certain time recently at a NC workshop when the tune of "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou" created quite a stir and even a dance jig from you. Ha ha

One last mention, I love the oriental soothing meditation sounds and even chants of the Benedictine Monks. (Yea, Marvin I have the one that has the cover designed by you and yet to get your autograph on it.) I have had it for awhile now.

Thumbs up for music at any time. And Wayne, your passion for art and music shines through very well. PS: I just checked out your gallery site and I love your portrait
work.

Patt

[Wayne McMichael]

Thank you, Patt, you sound like someone I could easily be around.

[SB Wang]

Thank you all!

I wish I could listen to all the music played by SOG and Forum members.

[Leslie Bohoss]

Hello!

Here is my find, the foreword of the book , "The Portrait Painter's Problem Book" by Paul C.Burns and Joe Singer. 1979. (out of date, at abebooks.com)

Usually I don't read the forewords but this one was a good fortuity. I hope he has right... (and readable)

Cheers

[Mari DeRuntz]

This is a gem of a thread; not enough on this forum is said of beauty, the sublime.

For Wayne and Linda, here's a beauty of a poem. I came across it recently viewing one of Robert Beverly Hale's taped anatomy lectures at school.

Rudyard Kipling - When Earth's Last Picture is Painted

When earth's last picture is painted and the tubes are twisted and dried,
When the oldest colors have faded and the youngest critic has died,
We shall rest, and, faith we shall need it--lie down for an aeon or two,
And those that were good shall be happy; they shall sit in a golden chair;
They shall splash at a ten league canvas with brushes of comet hair.
They shall find real saints to draw from--Magdalene, Peter, and Paul;
They shall work for an age at a sitting and never be tired at all!
And only the Master shall praise us, and only the Master shall blame;
And no one shall work for money, and no one shall work for fame,
But each for the joy of working, and each in his separate star,
Shall draw the Thing as he sees It for the God of Things as They are.

[Ngaire Winwood]

Music, poems, emotion shakers all round, what a way to start the day.

[SB Wang]

What is the relationship of color and music?

Music--a healing power, HOW?

Why is that Sargent been more talked than Ingres? Is that anything to do with music?

Why does music make us thrill, not painting?

How many senses are there by which stimuli from outside or inside the body are received and felt? Which is in the first place and why?

Please find the corelation between a principle of design and a piece of music?

[Ngaire Winwood]

When I first started to paint, I thought, "How could a deaf person hear a beautiful piece of music, say a symphony by Vivadi or similar? " If they can't hear it, will they always be without the intense emotion a magical piece of music can make them feel and even bring tears to their eyes? Why should deaf people miss out? So I decided to do a painting of music. I had several colours in front of me, got in the zone, turned the music up, put the headphones on and went for it.

I painted by emotions and by the movement of the music, light colours for light music tones , dark for deep etc. I thought the finished piece was well done, and I felt I accomplished what I set out to do. Allow a deaf person to see beautiful music. Maybe one day I will do another.

Footnote: Yes, quality music goes right through me, the sensations are magical. A good healer also.

[Wayne McMichael]

Man that's KOOL, but, w-w-w-where is it?

[Jean Kelly]

Synesthesia is the term for "seeing" music, tasting colors, smelling sound. The senses become mixed into one vast symphony.

Certain aromas have "colors" to me. It is theory that at one time primitive brains had all the senses mixed and in the same area of the brain. As we evolved, the senses become more "specialized", and we lost something very special. The ability to see sound, taste color etc. Some people are lucky enough to have retained that ability. I believe artists and musicians have a connection to this ancient gift.

Jean

ps Ngiare, I've painted music too, but I put it in a quilt. I'll see if I can get a photo of it.