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Music & Art Similarities - Jazz, Abstract, Color & Sculpture

(larger View) Jazz1 - Digital Painting 2005

Within the last couple of months I produced a few pieces of specifically jazz related work. They are a bit of a departure from most of my artwork, but were fun to create. There was a competition in conjunction with the Monterey Jazz Festival - at least held at the same time and proximity and I was urged to participate.

My tact was rather obvious - referencing instruments and their being played and placing them in an abstract, multi-leveled, multi-colored sculptural kind of way.  As a result, these are the areas of connection I am going to touch on today.

There is such an obvious connection when art references the playing of music that the only thing worth pointing out - is that it is intended to make such an obvious connection - garnering support by the connection itself.

Music and abstract art seem very connected to me. Neither has to be about anything other than what it is. Being multi-leveled, multi-colored, and sculptural are also shared by music and art.

Sound gets layered upon sound upon sound and changed with each addition as the layers of color or paint would change a painting.  And the building of music requires not only beat and sound but space - just like a sculpture’s empty space is every bit as important as the solid.

To be continued…

See Also

• Jazz Art
  Links to Jazz Art on the Web
• Abstract Expressions: Musical Portraits of American Masters
  Connection between Music and Abstract Expressionism
• Connection.org: Sonic Sculpture
  when music and sculpture might be one and the same
• 48th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival
  Official Site for Monterey Jazz Festival