February 16, 2020 • 126

Music and Painting

As a musician and painter I’ve always listened to music while painting…
never the other way round though.
However, this one is about music moving my hand on canvas and although this was not the music I was listening to when I painted this ‘Character’, it may well had been.
In this version too, with Anne-Sophie Mutter. I was 11 when I first listened to it and I still remember each and every note. Dad too, who caught me putting it on the turntable when I wasn’t allowed anywhere near the stereos! 😉 Had been doing that since the age of 7 but hadn’t been caught – I was really good remembering every detail of the process [carefully handling the record without leaving fingerprints, gently cleaning with this special vinyl cleaner -curved velvet with a beautiful wooden handle]- while it was turning and then carefully placing the needle on the record… then: magic!] I bless him for having such an amazing music library…
I know that one day my M. Bruch imaginary landscapes will re-emerge.
Till they do…
“Character no22” 1999 © marina kanavaki
Technique: Oil on paper
Original size: 23×33,5cm [50×60 framed]
from my solo exhibition in 1999 at Epohes Gallery: “CHARACTERS”

➺

Max Bruch

Violin Concerto No. 1 In G Minor Op 26

Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

dir. Herbert von Karajan

I sincerely hope this version is available to all my friends [no mp3 to upload… it’s in vinyl!]
In case it doesn’t work though – next best version [to me] is with Heifetz.

Enjoy a beautiful Sunday

and week ahead!

Categories: art, Characters, MUSIC, Oil painting, PAINTINGS

Tagged as: , , , , , , , , , ,

126 replies »

  1. Lovely, Marina. The music is enchanting. I adore classical music of every kind but had not heard Max Bruch before. Thank you for the introduction. Music is magical in so many ways. You were blessed to have had a father who had such a good collection. I’m sure he knew of your antics but didn’t want to discourage your curiosity. Parents know things that a child doesn’t think they know. He was opening your heart to great notes of music for you to enjoy forever. BRAVO, Dad.
    Your painting, as always, is inviting us to enjoy the blending of two souls into a combined circle. Beautiful …. Be Safe … 😷 🙏🏻 😊 💜
    Isadora 😎

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

    • Awww…. my dearest Isadora what a sweet comment! I do owe him a lot. I remember admiring him while he was painting, watching the movement of his paintbrush mesmerized! As for my antics… well, some of them he learned many years later. He was very sensitive about the handling of his hi tech stereos! 😉
      Thank you for your beautiful words about my painting…
      You too be safe and happy!
      Love and hugs 🤗😘❤️
      and special kisses from Hera to Cappucino & Espresso! ❤️🐾

      Liked by 1 person

      Reply
  2. Pingback: Max Bruch [1838-1920] – Marina Kanavaki
  3. Pingback: Music and Painting – Karen O'Brien Country Music
  6. Pingback: Music and Painting — Marina Kanavaki – Your Sempre Music

  7. Loved the painting, but my favorite “image” was Marina the Kid carefully wiping her fingerprints off her dad’s records (I’ll bet he knew it all the time!). You could have had a great career as a criminal mastermind. Oh, well… 😅🍨😋

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

    • You may be right on a criminal occupation*… who’d have though my life would take such a different turn! 😉
      😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
      Your regular delivery:
      🍨🍨🍨🍨🍨🍨🍨🍨🍨🍨🍨🍨🍨🍨
      🍨🍨🍨🍨🍨🍨🍨🍨🍨🍨🍨🍨🍨🍨
      *I did cover my tracks perfectly, only once was I blown. The time I tried to place a tape the wrong way and the door wouldn’t close! To think that I found a turntable easier to handle huh?!!!!!!!😂🤣😂🤣😂

      Liked by 1 person

      Reply
  9. Pingback: Music and Painting – SplatterMarks.com
  10. Pingback: Music and Painting — Marina Kanavaki - uncovered
  11. Pingback: Music and Painting – Wilfredo Santa Gomez MD

  12. This is beautiful. You have such a graceful and delicate hand with the brush. Artists who often work to music are sometime synthesist. Are you? My old friend a brilliant linguist and poet always wrote to music and was a synthesist, I miss him, he passed away but was the the first I learned about synthesists. Gorgeous work Marina. Sending love!

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply

  18. Greetings! I love your work and how thought evoking it is. You’ve tackled big ideas and concepts with poetry! I’m in love with your work and a huge fan😊 I was wondering if you could checkout my new piece on young rappers trying to create work that not only lasts but sets an impression. And I would really appreciate it if you could comment some feedback to improve the writing style. Looking forward to hearing from you. – Kiran

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

    • Hi, Alice anf thank you for stopping by and commenting! They do indeed. One is technique (watercolors, oils, acrylics mixed media etc) and the other is style (impressionism, pointillism expressionism, realism, abstract etc) If however you’re referring to similarities to music genre, I don’t think there are any… officially, anyway. 🙂

      Liked by 1 person

      Reply

  23. What a beautiful story from your childhood. Many art instructors have their students listen to music too. I’m becoming accustomed to listening to your music selections in the morning with my coffee (and dark chocolate). I know it’s not really fair to compare versions of performances, because it’s so subjective. But…I preferred the Heifetz…so light, so quick, so sublime. Seems a little bit like trying to compare bird song. This music is already brightening my week. Thank you!!!

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

    • Coffee and dark chocolate that sound delicious!
      Thank you so much, my dearest Mary Jo! I’m so happy to hear that!
      On performances, there’s no doubt that Heifetz is a grand master and I love listening to him, however, Mutter was the first version I heard and that itself is sometimes reason enough to like it more, but for the specific work, she performs it as powerful as I would imagine it to be!
      Thank YOU!!!!! 😘😚😘

      Liked by 1 person

      Reply

  24. You have me wondering about a you painting while playing the piano. You must be even more talented than I imagined! 😉 Beautiful music …. I’m guessing you were exposed to music at an early age … and that’s great!

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

  35. You were a very determined child, Marina. Your love for music, art and creativity has given you a marvelous life journey. I am so glad that we connected – you continue to inspire me to persevere. Hugs!

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply

    • Determined I was too! I wouldn’t stop until I made the record player play music! And that wasn’t as simple as it sounds. It meant turning on an amplifier, a pre-amplifier [switching it to the right setting/exit] and turntable. An Odyssey for a 7yr old child but all worth it! 😉
      You are so very kind and sweet and I can’t tell you how happy I am we connected and likewise, my dearest Rebecca …likewise!
      Many hugs your way and love.
      xoxoxoxo

      Liked by 2 people

      Reply

Happy to hear your thoughts

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Gravatar
WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Google photo

You are commenting using your Google account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Cancel

Connecting to %s

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.