But I find it most interesting listening to Linkin Park, mostly because listening to the lead singer, Chester, always makes me see a wavelength. I think its more interesting to listen to lots of pop music, mostly because of the variety of color and shape. So it all started with the concept of synesthesia and Kandinsky and deep meditation. I do not have the disorder, but when I try to meditate to music to get over my moments of terrible anxiety I was struck with the colors and shapes, design, etc. Kandinsky's version was whatever he heard, he could also see these sounds. He had something called synesthesia, which is a disorder that jumbles the five senses. “Like I mentioned earlier about Wassily Kandinsky, he was my greatest influence, and I thank my college professors for exposing me this amazing artist and encouraging me experiment. Is there a certain genre of music that you have not yet explored through your paintings, and why? Please share some of your favorite music/noises to paint to. The best you can hope for is that for some reason, a buyer, or an admirer, enjoys a painting even if they do not get the content.” It is very challenging for the public to understand what an abstract painting is trying to say. In both of my exhibitions, some people who did not know me, came into the gallery and said they knew exactly what my paintings were about. I made sketches there, but when I came home, I made a body of abstract work about my trip. It was there that I slept in the desert with nomads, bought goats at a goat market, experienced a sandstorm and traveled to a market where most of the people arrived on donkeys. I have made many trips to exotic places, especially in Africa and I have had two Studio Gallery exhibitions about my 2002 trip to Niger. ![]() Most of my painting life has revolved around location (landscape). The painting will not be a picture of the place, but it will evoke a feeling of the place you have in mind. ![]() For example, if you are trying to make an abstract painting about rock structures in the southwestern U.S., you will concentrate on the shapes of the rocks, the structure and the color. That is when the artist usually tries to turn from a symbolic representation to the feelings one has for the subject. When one has a subject in mind, it is hard to get away from a representational image. It’s not easy to make an abstract painting about any subject. “Most paintings are about locations, social/political issues or personal experiences. What is your favorite subject matter, and what goes into perfecting an artistic vision?
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