abstraction

Studio 365: Day 87

Day 87

Palette 27.3.15

Day 87 iv

The palette may be ephemeral but once cleaned…

Day 87 v

…its digital record becomes the source for…

Abstract 28.3.15

Abstract 28.3.15

Studio 365: Day 71

Day 71 i

After Day 70 featured The Blue Danube Waltz, blue continues to be the theme for Day 71.

blue iii   blue ii

Catching the waves I & II 12.3.15

Blue Monk

I drew this cartoon when I was still a schoolboy in the early sixties after listening to Thelonius Monk playing Blue Monk for the first time. If you have a few minutes listen to this great Jazz classic from a 1963 recording of the Thelonius Monk Quartet and available on Revolver Music’s Thelonius Monk, Volume 2.  It remains one of my favourite pieces of Jazz to this day.

Day 71 ii

Somehow I feel that today’s blue palette is a good match for the jazz. What do you think?

Studio 365: Day 63

Day 63

Grey Elegy

Full many a gem of purest ray serene,
The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear

from Thomas Gray’s Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, 1750

Studio 365: Day 57

Day 57 ii
 
Day 57i
 
Day 57 iii
 
Day 57iv
 
Three Palettescapes (my new word) from yesterday’s palette photographed before it was washed away forever. The word describes these serendipitous landscapes of color that seem to have a life of their own. Interested to hear your thoughts.

My thanks to all of you who are following Studio 365. Please know that your support and encouragement are very much appreciated. Only another 308 days to go 🙂