Tag: painting and music
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Visual Response to “The Last Rag” by Soundeagle
Can you translate the “ragged time” of a contemporary piano piece into a visual language? Following a casual comment on a previous article, I took on the challenge of graphically interpreting soundeagle’s composition. Moving away from traditional calligraphy, I chose to take the word “rag” literally—creating an aesthetic of use where soft, faded layers of…
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Lang Lang in Vienna and Other Music Anecdotes
What happens when you go skinny-dipping in a Carinthian stream with jazz legend Don Cherry, or watch Friedrich Gulda attack an amplified clavichord with a knife and fork? This personal reflection looks back on a golden era of musical rebellion in 1970s Austria and offers some insights into the world of classical music, the avant-garde,…
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Nothingness in Color
Nothingness in Color continues the thought experiment that began with the journey to the Zen master—evolving beyond monochrome, embracing color, and preserving the essence of minimalism
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The Gift of the Green Snake
“The Gift of the Green Snake” might sound like clickbait, but it carries a ring of truth. In this post, I share a few new drawings inspired by a recent Wu Opera performance I attended in Vienna. The show was a revelation that brought back memories from forty years ago, when I lived at the…
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Can We Hear a Painting?
Can we hear a painting? In this post, I explore the age-old challenge of translating music into visual art. From ancient rock paintings to Roberto Matta’s surrealist interpretations of Mozart, we look at how artists try to bridge the gap between sight and sound. Capturing this intersection is another fascinating exercise in the essential balance…
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The Magic Sea
Magic Sea Opera: Even if the idea that I would like to present today might sound unrealistic or at least utopian at first, I would by no means see it as unfeasible. Namely, the idea of an opera as a total work of art, in which the visual part is the actor
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Falco & the Vienna Music Scene of the 1970s
A personal account of Vienna’s 1970s underground music scene, the Bona Mente art studio, and its connection to Falco and other rising stars.
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New Directions: Homage to Hans Hartung and Wagner’s Ring
New paintings paying tribute to Hans Hartung and reflecting on Wagner’s “Götterdämmerung.”
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Landscapes by the Water and in the Mountains
Two landscape studies inspired by music, volcanic eruptions in the news, and mountain monasteries.
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Triptych: Theme and Variations
An abstract triptych inspired by classical music, blending calligraphy principles with painterly expression.
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Burning Down the Snow: A Surrealist Painting
A surrealist painting born from Schubert’s “Winterreise” and Talking Heads’ “Burning Down the House” — blending photorealism and abstraction.
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sketches from the peking opera
When I studied in Beijing in the late 1970s – early 1980s, I lived near the opera building. Here is a series of sketches I did there in 1979.