Artist Statement

“My work is interdisciplinary and investigates musical concepts and theories, the relationship between color, form, texture, proportion and pitch, harmony, timbre, and rhythm. The content of the work also includes references to infinite cycles of time and planetary motion and the ultimate interconnection of all our perceptions.

As an artist, I feel the links between visual and audio media very deeply. I believe that abstract painting & music are closely related aesthetically, conceptually, scientifically and intuitively. The work speaks of the universal and infinite nature and language of color, music, measurement and pattern and of the possibility of using this language to find and communicate qualities which bring people and ideas together and give us a glimpse of a larger, all-inclusive order.

Another primary concern of my painting is the relationship that exists between musical pitch and color. I believe this relationship is more than a subjective and emotional one, it is a logical and natural linking of two measurable phenomena. The system of color I use is based on simple physics. The colors of the twelve-hue color wheel are assigned to the twelve equal-tempered pitches in an octave of music. Both color and pitch move from lowest to highest frequency. Using the range of the piano keyboard, the hues of the low pitches are low in intensity and value, which relates to the rich, full overtones of the low frequency vibrations. Each pitch than becomes 1/12 lighter and brighter than the preceding one. The hues of the high pitches are very light just as the high frequency vibrations are thin and clear. If the system is logical the colors should relate harmonically in the same way as musical tones and translate into an accurate visual representation of the linear construction of the music, seen as a whole all at once. Linear measurement represents meter and duration. Form and texture represent timbre and the intensity and layering of sound.”