Title: “Purple Reign” • Size 5″ x 7″ • Mixed media: acrylic, record album, canvas
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The thing about minimalist painting is that it’s deceptive. This artwork, at first glance, just looks like 2 slices of purple, a slice of orange and piece of an old record album cover. And to explain what it really means… well, this is where I will sound a little dreamy, but art, made from the heart and mind IS dreamy, so here’s the back story…
This past week Prince died and it was shocking and tragic to lose such a music icon, especially at his age. So, when I sat down and started drawing out this week’s painting, I felt compelled to create a piece of art as an homage to Prince, but not in a obvious or pandering way.
So, this is what came out… the shapes represent beams of light, the two shades of purple represent his faceted personality and the orange represents his movement towards the “light” -both in his art and in his passing. The piece “Stereo” is cut from a 1950’s classical record album and is my way of communicating that music is a continuum which transcends time. I also covered the back of the canvas in a vintage record album sleeve, but you can draw your own conclusions about that…
RIP Prince • thank you for your unique, thoughtful music and groovy soul.