My paintings here are love letters to the musicians that have inspired me to pursue the answer
to the question of what art is. John Coltrane’s music made me wonder, and the history of the
music keeps paths of inquiry open.
Wondering at what sound might look like; what colors, what forms come out…
And using that idea as to how sound influences matter, and what sound waves might do to
form.
Variations of themes, as in the musical tradition of interpreting jazz standards in each musicians
own style or approach is something that I have tried to do visually.
The applications of forms and edges create allusions to movement, which lends itself well to the
actions of the musicians.
This interpretation then creates a perception of a sculpture, since these are motionless flat
surfaces, the mind has to recreate the image as an interplay of motion, and I have to think of a
way that the painting is of an actual physical object placed in front of me.
The music, when thinking of it visually, allows the ear and eye to work together while readjusting
focuses in the song. Readjusting your attention to which band member is playing at what
particular time creates sonic and visual layers.
The music has led to other areas of creative thought such as philosophy, as to a way of
understanding art. These are further explorations into finding similarities in all aspects that pass
through our senses.
These paintings are examples of glimpses of the creative process. Carving clay and building
pieces into shapes in an indirect way, trying to capture the similarities in the compositions of
sound and form. The answer is the pursuit. Practice is the reason.