Circles of Sound & Light, 12 inches, oil

Original oil paintings, these pieces combine a musician’s tool with a painter’s tool: the circle of fifths and a color wheel. They are truly functional art pieces, useful as a tool for composing whether you are a musician, a painter, or both. The markers in the photo are there to show the size of the pieces.

The twelve tones in diatonic music theory and the twelve colors in a color wheel are portrayed together with other visual elements that make each piece unique. One piece features phases of the moon. Another features thickly painted golden textures. All four pieces have a twelve-point star hand-sewn with thread in the middle. The star’s edges point to different combinations for planning a color scheme: triads and tetrahedrons.

Each piece is painted on a 12-inch diameter archival canvas that has a sloped, rounded edge. They are ready to hang with no need for a frame.

Pricing Information: $225 USD, each

Some close-ups of the hand-sewn stars and paint texture: