In a dreamlike shallow space, an electric guitar leans intimately against its stand, neck rising in elegant curve like an expectant arm, strings taut with silent potential. A vintage microphone arches overhead, its bulbous head poised to catch phantom sound, while a towering amplifier looms behind—its grille a textured grid of muted gray and olive, planes angled in quiet authority.
Sharp, overlapping shards of cool slate-green and verdant tones fracture the space: tilted geometric panels, angular walls, and a slender crescent curling at the base frame the setup like overgrown ruins or crystalline memory. Edges dissolve into soft hazy green, blurring boundary between object and atmosphere, suggestion and reverie.
Cool palette (slate, green, gray, olive) dominates, with subtle textural buildup in the amp's grid and gestural strokes defining the instruments—representation tempered by abstraction, creating silent anticipation in an ethereal, overgrown emptiness.
Notice how the guitar's rising neck and mic's protective curve draw the eye inward to intimate convergence, while surrounding shards and haze release it outward—balancing contained readiness with expansive dissolution, presence and anticipation.
Part of the Force of Nature series, this acrylic still life channels raw, intuitive energy into a rock setup rendered as quiet force: instruments not merely tools but living presences, poised on the edge of sound in a fractured, verdant dream.
How does this silent arrangement—guitar waiting, mic listening, amp brooding—stir your sense of latent power, unspoken melody, or the poetry of music suspended just before it breaks free?
Technical notes.
Unique painting. Acrylic on board. Unframed dimensions: 24” high x 18” wide. Signed by the artist on the back, dated 2023. Frame not included.
In a dreamlike shallow space, an electric guitar leans intimately against its stand, neck rising in elegant curve like an expectant arm, strings taut with silent potential. A vintage microphone arches overhead, its bulbous head poised to catch phantom sound, while a towering amplifier looms behind—its grille a textured grid of muted gray and olive, planes angled in quiet authority.
Sharp, overlapping shards of cool slate-green and verdant tones fracture the space: tilted geometric panels, angular walls, and a slender crescent curling at the base frame the setup like overgrown ruins or crystalline memory. Edges dissolve into soft hazy green, blurring boundary between object and atmosphere, suggestion and reverie.
Cool palette (slate, green, gray, olive) dominates, with subtle textural buildup in the amp's grid and gestural strokes defining the instruments—representation tempered by abstraction, creating silent anticipation in an ethereal, overgrown emptiness.
Notice how the guitar's rising neck and mic's protective curve draw the eye inward to intimate convergence, while surrounding shards and haze release it outward—balancing contained readiness with expansive dissolution, presence and anticipation.
Part of the Force of Nature series, this acrylic still life channels raw, intuitive energy into a rock setup rendered as quiet force: instruments not merely tools but living presences, poised on the edge of sound in a fractured, verdant dream.
How does this silent arrangement—guitar waiting, mic listening, amp brooding—stir your sense of latent power, unspoken melody, or the poetry of music suspended just before it breaks free?
Technical notes.
Unique painting. Acrylic on board. Unframed dimensions: 24” high x 18” wide. Signed by the artist on the back, dated 2023. Frame not included.
