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Artist’s World by Jan Statman Both art and music express
Stacy Deslatte: “The music I listen to while carving is blues
what is basic and fundamental to
music and blues rock like John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, B.B.
our shared experience of being
King, the Traveling Wilburys, Blues Traveller, Joe Cocker,
human. Artists and musicians com-
Black Crows, Bonnie Raitt. Then I often morph into more
municate important emotions and
contemporary stuff like the Dave Matthews Band, Jack John-
ideas without actually using words.
son, Widespread Panic, Black Keys. I am a child of the late
Paintings and sculpture can draw
sixties, but I am very much moved and motivated by the new
the viewer into the artist’s world. Music can cause those
alternative rock. - The music does sometimes affect the work
toes to tap. It is not surprising that art and music often
and sometimes it helps with the rhythm of the work. Good
have a direct relationship to each another.
thing no one can see me while I’m working - they would see
The clearest way to see this is in Modest Mussorgsky’s famous composition, “Pictures at an Exhibition.” In 1863,
a woman jamming out, dancing, with hammer and chisel in hand and headphones turned to max!”
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the composer visited the Academy of Fine Arts in Saint Petersburg, Russia for an exhibit of paintings and drawings
Mary Jo Beswick: “For me painting is more like going to a
by his friend Viktor Hartmann who had died suddenly.
party than a spa. I like to listen to exotic music with a strong
The composer was so moved by the exhibit that he went home and began to write. The ten pictures Mussorgsky turned into music include
beat like the African and Caribbean Islands. This kind of music encourages my imagination to play and take a journey of discovery.”
a gnome-shaped nutcracker, a troubadour singing outside an ancient castle, children in a park, a Polish ox-cart, a bal-
Dennis O’Bryant: “I have a fairly extensive playlist on my
let of hatching chicks, an argument between two Jewish
computer - classical, jazz, blues, roots, world - some eastern
citizens of Warsaw, people in a crowded marketplace, the
yoga music, the Tibetan bells ... it all depends on my mood
eerie catacombs of Paris, the hut of the witch Babi Yar, and
or maybe time of day. I can listen to all of one genre or
a design for an entrance gate to the city of Kiev.
shuffle the whole list. The medium doesn’t change the mu-
While these paintings inspired the musician, it is mu-
sic, the mood does.”
sic that often inspires artists. Music encourages us as we work. My father, Saul Berliner, was fond of violin music. My earliest memories are
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Cece Alexander Bode: “My music preference ranges from La
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Boheme to Van Morrison, mixed with blues in between.”
of my mother playing her violin while my father painted. Later, when we got The Big Upright Piano, the mood, as
Erin Lambers: “Typically I listen to music that has a beat of
well as the music, changed to the hot jazz she liked best.
the sort that my body can move to.... Tom Petty, Chris Issac,
As a matter of research, I asked several other artist to share
Jewel is most common in my studio. If it is slower paced
their musical moments.
than what I am doing, like trimming my pieces or handbuilding, Norah Jones will sing in the background while the work
Paul Anderson: “The genre that I listen to most is jazz, but if
resonates through my hands.”
I want lyrics, I listen to Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash. Sometimes I just put on the radio to the Oldies Station.”
Jill Nonemacher: “I do my best painting to my favorite rock ‘n roll. I love the energy and sound of bands like the Eagles,
Joshua Richardson Kight: “When I need guts, I go for
Moody Blues, Crosby Stills, Nash and Young, Steve Win-
the Rolling Stones! When I need calm and mental clarity,
wood, the Beatles, Dave Mason. I also listen to my favorite
Mozart. When I need boundless creative joy, the Beatles.
women musicians like Carole King.”
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When I need defiance, Bob Dylan. When I need perspective, I Listen to C.S. Lewis... Bach for flight feathers!”
As for me? I would like to tell you I listen exclusively to Bach and Palestrina when I paint, but the truth is I am addicted
Celie Bothwell Hester: “I usually put my iPod on shuffle... I
to Country - ear-splitting loud and twangy. Also, when
like classical when I’m painting... I listen to everything from
my kids were small, I would send them to Sesame Street
metal to swing!”
while I painted, so if I should hear Kermit the Frog or Miss Piggy I would instantly make a bee-line for the studio. All it
aj Melnick: “Some good pop or classical are my choices,
takes are the joyful strains of “Sunny Day, taking our cares
perhaps a little jazz. “
away….”
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Mary Norvell: “I am transported by opera, instrumental, and pop that somehow connect with my soul. I have always used music to tune out other distractions so that it’s just me and my paint brush touching and feeling the painting
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