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jazz and art - timing of MJF and the timeliness of music and art

This isn’t really my genre - in that I’ve only done four digital paintings which show elements of instruments, playing, and the energy of jazz.

I feel qualified to paint on such a subject - I love to improvise - musically as well as artistically.

Improvising is the stuff of creativity - it is the heart of being a creative being. We use it when we converse, when we write, when we communicate in any fashion - because how else would we convey the world which is uniquely our own perspective.

So the article I saw today - pointed out the Monterey Jazz Festival starts tomorrow. Whether I end up catching any of it or not - (yes I too can let life get in the way) it is a pretty exciting event - with a huge range of performers and music over three days.

See Also

• Monterey Jazz Festival 2006
  Special information from the Monterey Coast Weekly
• Jazz 2: Exploring the Art Music Connection
  An article from last fall - that I feel I remembered as being to the point
• Listen to Music at Outhouse Studios
  Jazz influenced but I wouldn’t call it jazz despite the improvisation

Improvising Flipped Out Printing Options

Flipped Out Jazz - Gallery Page - Digital Painting 2005

I wrote about this piece once before closer to when I created it.  As I am glancing back at the article, it is quite remarkable that I was experimenting with a piece about Jazz the way a musician playing jazz would experiment with the music - improvising.

I had actually forgotten that it was the first time I had flipped portions of an image both horizontally and vertically - thus the title "Flipped Out Jazz".

The reason I write about this today, is that I had a recent inquiry about buying this piece.  There are a lot of options with a digitally created piece. And like I’ve been saying numerous times in different ways - too many choices aren’t always a good thing.

But then again - that is one of the cool things about this medium - it is different depending upon which size one prints it. They look great at the smallest size I will sell a piece - that is the size that can be printed at Outhouse Studios proper 13×19".  The color is well controlled and the ink archival.

There are pieces which don’t look as intended that small and they are not being sold any smaller than what would fit in a 24×30" frame. But this piece - happens to look wonderful framed 16×20"over my piano.

See Also

• FLIPPED OUT JAZZ
  Enlargement of digital painting above
• Artist Print Shop
  Printing and Marketing Digitally Created Art