Palau de la Musica Valencia

Music Drawings from the Palau

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For several years I made drawings while sitting in the audience in the Palau de la Musica in Valencia, Spain. In the darkened auditorium I could not see very well, so I would find out what I had drawn. I used both hands. In one I held a Pilot pen and in the other a brush with a water reservoir which I used to create the washes and shadows.

Here you see the result in an 8 minute video set to Libertadores by Oscar Navarro, who is from Valencia. We have been there when this piece was performed and Oscar was there too. It’s a wonderful piece. I hope you enjoy it and the drawings.

Prints of pen and ink music related drawings

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Bass Fiddler print

I did these pen and ink drawings in the audience at Palau de la Musica in Valencia, Spain.  The originals are done on very small paper in pen and ink.  I use both hands, one for the ink pen and the other a brush with a water reservoir.  I call it automatic drawing since I can not see what I am doing, between looking at the subject and the darkness of the hall.  I can not work from photographs as photos are not permitted.  Pricing information at the bottom. 

 

Comments from my Facebook timeline:

“Bold”

“Powerful”

“Stunning”

“Beautiful”

Bass Fiddler print
Bass Fiddler

Contrabass at Palau de la Musica, pen and ink, prints only
Contrabass at Palau de la Musica, pen and ink, prints only

 

Palau de la Musica Group
Palau de la Musica Group

 

Cory At The Piano
Cory At The Piano

Dancing in the Concert Hall
Dancing in the Concert Hall

 

Palau de la Musica members of the band
Palau de la Musica members of the band

 

 

Conductor and Stage at Palau de la Musica
Conductor and Stage at Palau de la Musica

 

Contrabass Standing at Palau de la Musica
Contrabass Standing at Palau de la Musica

To Order

Contact me with the name of drawing using email info@garyjkirkpatrick.com, by phone (US) +1 570 832 4480 or Spain +34 658 744 302.  $35/35 Euros for 8.5″ x 11″ (approx) / 21 x 30 cm  $25 for 11.5″ x 17″ (approx) / 30 x 42 cm.   Giclee prints ($60/60 euros for 12″ x 16″ / 30 x 40cm).     

Xylophone Player at the Palau

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Xylophone Player at the Palau

Xylophone player at the Palau de la Musica, Valencia, Spain.  Fun house floor suggests a departure from every day reality, meeting with the muse, traveling to the realm of creativity.

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Comments from my Facebook timeline July 24, 2016

Marti: Loved it Gary!

Sandra: This is fabulous Gary!

Carol: I love the energy.

Patricia: The combination treatments of floor patterns are interesting

Video: Paintings and Drawings Done at Palau de la Musica

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Singer Sax Drummer detail 2

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.

Two Brown Bass Fiddles at the Palau

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Two Brown Fiddles

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
Two Brown Fiddles at the Palau, acrylics on canvas board, 40 x 50 cm, 16 x 20″

 

Contrabass at Palau de la Musica
Contrabass at Palau de la Musica, the pen and ink done on site

 

 

Fantasy Trio

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Fantasy Quartet

This is based on an automatic drawing and given an expressionist treatment in acrylics.  Automatic drawing was popularized by the surrealists in the 1920ś.  The audience is bathed in a comforting blue haze.  The original drawing is posted below.  

Trio at the Palau, acrylics on canvas, 21 x 18 cm," 55 x 45 cm
Trio at the Palau, acrylics on canvas, 21″ x 18″,” 55 x 45 cm, SOLD

Quartet drawing
Quartet drawing pen and ink

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