COMPOSITIONS (2021-2022)
“…by admitting a new perception of space and giving it an active sense, is it not possible to discover a new unexpected, unexplored world?”
Toru Takemitsu, composer
In visual art, there is most often a directness of communication to the audience. The painter creates a work, and the audience views the work. By contrast, the composer writes the score, the performers interpret the score, and the audience hears that interpretation. Because the focus is on creating sound, the physical work that I, the composer, create is viewed as a tool to produce art. But I always wondered, why can't the score be the work? Why can't the intricate and detailed notations be appreciated for their visual properties? Why can't the score be notated purely for notation's sake? As a composer, a saxophonist, and a visual artist, my love and disdain for the score acts as the catalyst to my Composition series.
Selected Work
Title: Composition No. 1
Series: Compositions
Medium: Alcohol Ink on paper
Size: 14”x17”
Year Created: 2021
Available Piece
Title: Composition No. 2
Series: Compositions
Medium: Alcohol Ink on paper
Size: 11”x14”
Year Created: 2021
Available Piece
Title: Composition No. 4
Series: Compositions
Medium: Acrylic Mural on Asphalt
Size: 33”x9.5”
Year Created: 2021
Currently can be viewed in Natick, MA
at the Rt 135/Rt 27 Intersection
Title: Composition No. 5
Series: Compositions
Medium: Alcohol Ink on paper
Size: 20”x32”
Year Created: 2021
COMMISSIONED WORK
Title: Composition No. 7
Series: Compositions
Medium: Alcohol Ink on paper
Size: 24”x36”
Year Created: 2021
Currently exhibited at the Boca Raton Innovation Center.
Title: Composition No. 8
Series: Compositions
Medium: Alcohol Ink on paper
Size: 11”x14”
Year Created: 2021
Available Piece
Title: Composition No. 9
Series: Compositions
Medium: Alcohol Ink on paper
Size: 16”x20”
Year Created: 2022
COMMISSIONED WORK
Title: Time Study No. 1
in Blue
Series: Compositions
Medium: Alcohol Ink on paper
Size: 9”x12”
Year Created: 2022
Available Piece
Title: Time Study No. 2
in Blue
Series: Compositions
Medium: Alcohol Ink on paper
Size: 12”x16”
Year Created: 2022
Available Piece
Title: Time Study No. 3
in Blue
Series: Compositions
Medium: Alcohol Ink on paper
Size: 9”x12”
Year Created: 2022
Available Piece
Title: Time Study No. 4
in Violet
Series: Compositions
Medium: Alcohol Ink on paper
Size: 16”x20”
Year Created: 2022
Available Piece