Visualizing music…. Picturing the notes, beats, rhythm and mood in pattern and colour. Blues and Jazz are of particular interest with their improvisational quality.

Listening to live performances while sketching the musicians leads to drawings whose spontaneity is in keeping with the ephemeral nature of music. They can also act as starting points for paintings back in the studio.

Hence the painting of Bernie McGann, entitled Waiting to Solo, which is based on a series of sketches I did of Bernie playing at the 505 Club in Sydney in 2013 on the occasion of his 75th Birthday and sadly shortly before his death.

Visualizing music…. Picturing the notes, beats, rhythm and mood in pattern and colour. Blues and Jazz are of particular interest with their improvisational quality.

Listening to live performances while sketching the musicians leads to drawings whose spontaneity is in keeping with the ephemeral nature of music. They can also act as starting points for paintings back in the studio.

Hence the painting of Bernie McGann, entitled Waiting to Solo, which is based on a series of sketches I did of Bernie playing at the 505 Club in Sydney in 2013 on the occasion of his 75th Birthday and sadly shortly before his death.

Visualizing music…. Picturing the notes, beats, rhythm and mood in pattern and colour. Blues and Jazz are of particular interest with their improvisational quality.

Listening to live performances while sketching the musicians leads to drawings whose spontaneity is in keeping with the ephemeral nature of music. They can also act as starting points for paintings back in the studio.

Hence the painting of Bernie McGann, entitled Waiting to Solo, which is based on a series of sketches I did of Bernie playing at the 505 Club in Sydney in 2013 on the occasion of his 75th Birthday and sadly shortly before his death.

Visualizing music…. Picturing the notes, beats, rhythm and mood in pattern and colour. Blues and Jazz are of particular interest with their improvisational quality.

Listening to live performances while sketching the musicians leads to drawings whose spontaneity is in keeping with the ephemeral nature of music. They can also act as starting points for paintings back in the studio.

Hence the painting of Bernie McGann, entitled Waiting to Solo, which is based on a series of sketches I did of Bernie playing at the 505 Club in Sydney in 2013 on the occasion of his 75th Birthday and sadly shortly before his death.