Color of Music - Rhythm of Art

JERENE KRUSE
Albion, Nebraska

Mozart’s Summer Orchestra

Fused Glass

When thinking of the theme of “Color of Music, Rhythm of Art”, I decided to create a fused glass piece.  I see color as a bright, happy experience or a thoughtful, moody interpretation.  I enjoy listening to music as I create my artwork.  I started with the black glass powder method of sgraffito and then added bright orange, teal, and lime green.  I portrayed a mixture of classical, folk, and upbeat 70’s classics, my favorite genres of music. This fused glass abstraction piece expresses what I feel when I listen to music. We can be transported to a different time or place, move to the beat, and just enjoy the sound. Art and Music add so much to our lives, I know I would not be able to live in a silent blank world.

Color of Music - Rhythm of Art

KATHLEEN LOHR
Columbus, Nebraska

Perpetual Wind

Pastel

“Out there in the silent prairie with only the perpetual wind for music…” are the poetic words used by Sebastian Barry to describe the only rhythm of music heard by the two young protagonists in his novel, Days Without End.  For those who would settle the plains in the early years of the westward migration, it was a ceaseless tune that gnawed the glamour from life, hardened the men and withered the women. This work conveys the music of that perpetual wind.

Color of Music - Rhythm of Art

 

SAMMY LYNN
Glenvil, Nebraska

Mood Indigo

Shibori

Indigo is the traditional dye used in the art of shibori.  A rhythm is created by the folded and dyed fabric.

A certain mood comes to mind with the color blue and Blues music.

Color of Music - Rhythm of Art

 

DEBORAH MONFELT
Wymore, Nebraska

Everything in Joyful Rhythm-Autumn Cornfield

Oil

The Italian violinist and composer, Antonio Vivaldi, desired to musically describe landscapes, scenes and human emotional behaviors by technical and interpretive instrumental playing without the use of words.  His concertos, the Four Seasons, are an example of the narrative elements through listening. Artists use brushwork, color, value and other art elements to interpret scenes and touch human emotions and responses visually. Everything in Joyful Rhythm is a series of work that explores the visual and musical nature of art through painting. The Autumn Cornfield, is an oil painting which parallels its own musical rhythm. The life cycle of a seed, having persisted through Spring and survived Summer, is now   nearing Autumn harvest. Portrayed at sunset, the field is close to its soulful Winter rest. The Four Seasons are near completion.

Color of Music - Rhythm of Art

 

JULIA NOYES
Lincoln, Nebraska

Dvorak, Yeeun Cho, and Noyes

Mixed Media

Artist, Julia Noyes, was inspired by listening to a musician living in Lincoln, Nebraska, for almost two years. The musician is from South Korea would often practice her violin in the Noyes art studio while Julia painted. The musician, Lyla Yeeun Cho, concert master violinist, became like a daughter to the artist.  This relationship included Julia going to South Korea to meet Lyla’s parents. Lyla gave Julia some of the Asian motif papers incorporated in this collage and for use in other abstract paintings. Most of the music Lyla played was classical in nature, indeed difficult, complex, moving, and emotional. Imagine how this live interaction with music became interwoven into Julia’s paintings.

Color of Music - Rhythm of Art

 

SUE PEREZ
North Platte, Nebraska

Color My World in Song

Color Pencil on Watercolor Paper

Music is the backdrop during my creative process of drawing. My drawings seem to absorb the melodies that play in my mind, allowing me to express them in a unique way. I do not possess the talent of a good singing voice, but the colors I feel and see can manifest on canvas or paper. This drawing experiences sound that begins in the depth of a musical vision.

Color of Music - Rhythm of Art

 

PATRICIA SCHEMMER
Valentine, Nebraska

An Ear for Music

Pastel

The sights and sounds of Nebraska seem to go hand in hand.  The sounds of nature fill us with a peace that can only be experienced by leaving our houses and exploring nature.  Within this painting, there are clues to identify a famous composer and one of his greatest works.  See if you can find them.

Color of Music - Rhythm of Art

 

DONNA SCHIMONITZ
Lincoln, Nebraska

Listening - Self Portrait

Mixed Digital

Music. It can put you in the greatest of moods or bring you into darkness. It has been said: people are more creative with music compared to trying to create in silence. This is true for me. Music can bring back treasured memories of trips to amazing places, awakening my senses, and inspiring me, teaching me, invigorating, or calming me. Often a song is tied to a special someone you have shared or are sharing life with.

“Music is art for the ears.”

Color of Music - Rhythm of Art

 

LOIS SMITH
Kearney, Nebraska

Summer Serenade

Watercolor

Memories of the quiet farmland, interrupted by the sheer joy of the Meadowlark and the squeak of the windmill. My Summer Serenade.

Color of Music - Rhythm of Art

 

PATSY SMITH
North Platte, Nebraska

Minuet

Water Media

I listened to “Minuet in B Major” at times while working through this art work. I felt the lyrical strokes of the instruments, then in between, the soft warm spaces, again beautiful notes creating music. It affected my hand holding a brush as if it took up the dance of color and sound. I finished this expression with great joy!

Color of Music - Rhythm of Art

 

JOAN SWIM
Springview, Nebraska

Prairie Pasque Beneath the Sky

Oil

Beneath the wide-open sky, the winds brush the prairie, creating a vibrational song of joy as it skims through the grasses and native wildflowers. The prairie pasque flower appears in early spring, welcoming a new beginning.

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AMY TOMASEVICZ
Columbus, Nebraska

Sisterhood

Collage

It has been said that “art is the universal language”, and that would include music as one of the forms of art. Look back through history and notice that cultures are recognized for their accomplishments in the arts, which reflect the customs and attitudes of the cultures. So much can be learned by viewing art work and listening to music from those eras.

Now in this modern time, our cultures are becoming integrated more and more, so I feel it is important to develop a “Sisterhood” with others when sharing our arts. This collage represents various ages and cultures coming together in a joyous celebration of each other. It was created with various paper and detailed with pencil and ink.