Part of the Palau de la Music Series. Muses prepare the stage and the instruments for the performance so musicians step into the realm of creativity.
Category: Music related work
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Video: Paintings and Drawings Done at Palau de la Musica
The paintings and drawings in this video slide show were done at Palau de la Musica, Valencia. They explore the state of mind we experience as music transports us to a semi dream-like state. The paintings and drawings in this video slide show were done at Palau de la Musica, Valencia. They explore the state of mind we experience as music transports us to a semi dream-like state. The music is Arco de Noe by Oscar Navarro, a Valencian composer. He was in the audience the day we heard this piece.
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June 2016 pen and ink drawings from the Palau de la Musica
June, 2016
These are my latest pen and ink drawings done at the Palau de la Musica in Valencia, Spain.
Bass Violin, Palau de la Musica, 2′ x 4″ pen and ink -
Palau de la Musica Small Stage
Another in the series of paintings based on drawings done at the Palau de la Musica in Valencia, Spain. The audience waits expectantly as the musicians arrive. Valencia has a long and powerful tradition of symphonic bands and offer many free concerts each year. This is a smaller hall and here you can listen to more traditional music.
Palau de la Musica Small Stage 21″ x 26″, 52 cm x 66cm 
Palau de la Musica Small Stage, detail 
Palau de la Musica Small Stage, detail -
In The Club
In The Club
A night club scene, in fantasy.
In The Club, acrylic 22 x 30 56 x 76, SOLD 
In The Club detail 
In The Club detail 
In The Club, pen and ink, A4, approx 8.25 x 11.5 -
Two Fiddles at the Palau
Two Fiddles at the Palau
Two Fiddles at the Palau, acrylics, 30 x 40 cm, 12 x 16″ [
Contrabass at Palau de la Musica- available as prints -
Two Brown Bass Fiddles at the Palau
Two Brown Bass Fiddles at the Palau
This started life as a drawing at Palau de la Musica. I enlarged the original, a tiny 2 x 4″ and put it on the canvas board, then painted in with acrylics. See also Two Fiddles at the Palau, a version of this based on the very same drawing.
Two Brown Fiddles at the Palau, acrylics on canvas board, 40 x 50 cm, 16 x 20″ 
Contrabass at Palau de la Musica, the pen and ink done on site -
Piano Fingers: dancers and singers visit
Music enchants us, the dance, the singing, the skill, the magic. It transports the listener to their own land of fantasies. Dancers, singers, or something entirely unrelated can accompany our immersion in the tones. This painting is an exploration of that dream state.
Piano Fingers, acrylics, 60 x 50 cm, 24 x 18 “, SOLD A continuation of my music related series. This is more realistic than some of my music paintings as the subject and presentation seem more suited to this style than an expressionistic approach given the importance of the hands.
The dancing couple is Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, the two singers include friend Shena and her co-singer Lindsay in a San Francisco group.
Comments from Facebook:
Love this!
Enchanting!
Super imagination!
Excellent! Bravo!
¡Que hermosa obra, Gary!
So wonderful love it!
Romantic and meaningful!
That’s art!
Piano Fingers , pen and ink -
Singer, Drummer, Sax, Clarinets, Singers
From my music series, Singer Sax Drummer is based on a drawing done at the Palau de la Musica in Valencia. I have included the drawing below. It is done in acrylics. There are two distinct planes. You see two instrument playing muses, one kicking her leg up. This painting is a fusion of automatic drawing and an abstract background with bright and strong colors.
Singer, Drummer, Sax, Clarinets Singers 54 x 72cm x 18 cm, 21 x 26.5 x.75″ acrylics on canvas SOLD 
Singer Sax Drummer detail 1 
Singer Sax Drummer detail 2 
Singer Sax Drummer detail 3
