Powderfinger#7
Neil Young's song of the same name is the origin of this piece of art.
I have always been interested in art and music; while beeing active in the arts sector, I passively enjoy music.
But before that, here is an impression from my "studio":
The Studio
Don't look for brushes, easels or canvases – my artworks are made the digital way. One or more photographs, brought together in a collage, worked over with the digital brushes of Photoshop or some other application, maybe a little electronic seasoning: there are more ways to show what's in your mind than the traditional ones.
The works are gyclee-printed in limited editions of usually 20, and come in a size of 30x30 cm (11.8x11.8 in).
Let's go on:
Making Of...
From left to right you can watch the creative process: in the beginning there are a few photos, mixed up in a collage, then sound and rhythm come in shape of some brush strokes, number three is quite close to the desired result, number four comes even closer.
While these (and several other) works place an emphasis on sound and rhythm, there are also variations that deal with the lyrics; e.g. this one here:
Powderfinger_remix2 v2
After reading Bob Dylan's "The Philosophy Of Modern Song", I wondered if there was a philosophy of modern painting. It's just a seemingly sideline in Dylan's thoughts, but it fits in well with my own considerations; he describes the habit of interpreting a song by different, sometimes very different musicians, and thus creating new feelings over and over again. We know that's common practice - so why not have a painting redone by another artist? New instruments, more rhythmic or softer, remix, dubbing, the creative and technical means seem endless. As a painter, you no longer have only brushes, paint and canvas, there are many new techniques from photography to the image processing programs in the digital world. Once immersed in it, exciting new possibilities open up.
Painters trying out their own version of another painter's work may have done so in the past and probably still do today, but I was keen to find out for myself.Painting a song gives you a new idea of it, but painting in the style of another painter takes the whole story to another level.
See some examples:
Powderfinger_remix/hopper1
Powderfinger_remix/kooning6
