Music Mosaic
I’ve based this series of water
color paintings on the song, “Los Musicos” by Juan Carlos Quintero, from
Colombia. In these images I wanted to
explore the interaction of instruments and their different sounds through line,
color and form. When creating these
water colors, I wanted portray a warm feeling, because the sound of the Spanish
guitar, drums and rain stick transport me to the beautiful jungles in
Colombia. I also wanted to portray
movement, because in Colombian culture, music is closely linked with
dancing.
In “Los Musicos” there are many
layers of instruments that create the sound of the piece and throughout the
song different instruments take their turn coming to the front of the
music. Therefore in my paintings I
wanted to feature the sound of the rain stick, the guitar, the drums, and the
small instruments like the chimes and triangle.
For the representation of the rain stick, I used blue dots. While with the remaining instruments, I used
curved and straight lines to show consistent rhythm it gave off, or the movement
of the sound that feels free of a steady composition.
For the background of each painting,
I wanted to represent either the constant movement of the piece with movement
in the paint as well as the layers of sound with the layering of color.
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