Music, 2022

This painting is about the creative process. Music from point of inspiration to manifestation and celebration. The process and the play. The ascetic, in his ivory tower, is visited by an angel. A muse, delivering inspiration, symbolised by a whit...

This painting is about the creative process. Music from point of inspiration to manifestation and celebration. The process and the play. The ascetic, in his ivory tower, is visited by an angel. A muse, delivering inspiration, symbolised by a white feather. The musician plays out the heartbeat rhythm on her tambourine moon and sings as the earth spins and the dancer rejoices. Originally, I painted the sky a lighter shade of blue but then added a white bird and made the sky darker. And it turns out that fits perfectly for a Hindu, meditative raga. The best time for this kind of raga is late at night or in the early hours of the morning and its effect is soothing and intoxicating.