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A pure experiment... Impressionistic Expressionism maybe ;-)
Painter 5 with Genius tablet and pen
In an attempt to educate myself about the qualities of jazz (a genre of music which has hitherto unmoved me) I listened to an MP3 of "He Loved Him Madly" by Miles Davis (okay, it's jazz-rock to be precise) - and actually enjoyed it. It was recorded in June 1974 when I was in utero :-)
Anyway I decided to do a kind of semi-conscious visual response, and started with the black lines, looking away from the screen and responding to the weaving and winding music with weaving and winding motions. As it became more rhythmic, the tablet became almost a percussion instrument.
It looked crap at this stage, and needed much development: once the black lines had been laid down, I started the conscious element, using the various brush and chalk simulators in Painter to build things up. The title of the music in itself suggested something, and pushed me in a certain direction.
I'm not convinced it completely works, but it was interesting as an exercise, and I enjoyed it.
Thanks for looking :-)
Comments (4)
qaryon
EXCELLENT
Heart'Song
To me - it definitely worked. It's pure, in a way I don't often see. And I find it riveting - there's a sort of insistence about it that doesn't let up.
Synapse
This is not typical of me... in fact it was exactly this kind of loose uncensored free approach that my art teachers kept trying to get me to adopt a whole decade ago, but at that time I was obsessed with smoothing everything down and refining it. Think I drove them nuts... but screw them... too often art teachers try to impose too many of their own personal sensibilities onto their students. To paraphrase CJ, I didn't get where I am today by listening to art teachers :-)
gallimel
It might be Miles's blessing influence, I don't know.. but knowing him, his music, that song.. this seems pretty much floodin directly outr from the notes he created. As warm, as touchy, as immediately deep. Wonderful work.