Optical Sound

[OleKobe]

My first experiment in painting to music - where colors and brush strokes represent the sounds I heard. Acrylics on 8.5x11 cardboard.
I look forward to your critiques and interpretations!

 

[Enyaw]

I assume it wasn't metal. Rich and warm.

 

[Iain]

Coohool! The inevitable question would be, what music medium did you use? I guess, in a sense, this could be representation.

 

[stlukesguild]

I always paint to music... and my music selections are often quite removed from what you would expect based upon the paintings. I also tend to make huge jumps from one style of music to another: Mozart to The Rolling Stones to Duke Ellington to Johnny Cash... What sort of music were you listening to?

 

[Donna T]

I’m curious about the music that inspired this too. It turned out well!

 

[Hermes2020]

I wonder whether most people see images when they listen to music.

 

[snoball]

Great! Rich and vibrant.

 

[Artyczar]

It almost reminds me of a kind of synesthesia interpretation. It's compelling and rich with a feeling heart.

 

[OleKobe]

I assume it wasn't metal. Rich and warm.

Thank you, Wayne. Actually metal isn't too far off. Proto-metal maybe.

 

[OleKobe]

Coohool! The inevitable question would be, what music medium did you use? I guess, in a sense, this could be representation.

Thank you, Iain. I will reveal shortly.

 

[OleKobe]

I always paint to music... and my music selections are often quite removed from what you would expect based upon the paintings. I also tend to make huge jumps from one style of music to another: Mozart to The Rolling Stones to Duke Ellington to Johnny Cash... What sort of music were you listening to?

Thanks for the great comments. This one is within the rock genre. I might have to try jazz, classical, and country.

 

[OleKobe]

I’m curious about the music that inspired this too. It turned out well!

Thanks very much, Donna.

 

[OleKobe]

I wonder whether most people see images when they listen to music.

Interesting question. Thanks for the comments.

 

[OleKobe]

Great! Rich and vibrant.

Thanks so much, Margaret.

 

[OleKobe]

It almost reminds me of a kind of synesthesia interpretation. It's compelling and rich with a feeling heart.

I looked into synesthesia a bit more, and that's what is. Melissa McCraken does some amazing works. My wife thought this one was unsettling and reminded her of hell!

 

[OleKobe]

The source for that abstract - a bit of psychedelic madness from my scratchy 45 collection. It's on YouTube if you want to check it out...

 

[stlukesguild]

I had a number of Yardbirds LPs that I "inherited" from a much older cousin.

 

[OleKobe]

I had a number of Yardbirds LPs that I "inherited" from a much older cousin.

They made some great music in the mid-60s. That's funny, my younger cousin "inherited" some of my LPs!

 

[OleKobe]

Thank you all for the great comments and interesting interpretations. I might have to do a few more of these sound paintings.