The Music of Paint

Following one of the links that Doug Palmer suggested, I found myself over on
Odd Instrument . There was a piece on Sante Fe artist, Orlando Leibovitz. His art really flipped me out.

Glenn

From the site: At first sight, Orlando Leibovitz’s paintings are quite shocking. With their high contrast lighting and warped color palette, the feelings evoked, for me, resemble post-apocalyptic life viewed through the sunglasses of the button-pusher himself.

Sulk no more! Not all of Orlando’s paintings are heavyhearted. Orlando creates “musical paintings” where the music is birthed from the painting itself, serving a bilingual phenomenon for the patron’s consumption.

I was fortunate enough to spend an afternoon with Orlando at his Santa Fe studio discussing his artwork. Orlando usually paints within a narrow color spectrum, only varying from the core by several degrees. His reasoning being that there are less contrasting colors for the eye and brain to “work out,” therefore creating robust and encompassing flavors that are pleasantly harmonious. Orlando wondered if the same concept could be applied to the construction of music. Would the notes hold together like color?

Orlando is currently working on a series of paintings representing the accomplishments of several physicists, scientists, and prominent thinkers (Einstein, Archimedes, Schrödinger, Gamow, and others). Check out Orlando’s website for more paintings; over on ORLANDO LEIBOVITZ

Thank you Orlando for making the world a more interesting place to explore!
























Orlando in his studio.