Just a reminder that you can hear a radio interview I did with Tish Pearlman for her program Out of Bounds this morning on WSKG-FM in New York and Northern Pennsylvania. It can also be heard on a live stream online at wskg.org. The show airs at 11:30 AM, just before Ira Glass and This American Life comes on at noon.
One of the questions asked was about what sort of music I listen to in the studio and the one specific piece I mentioned was Tabula Rasa from composer Arvo Pärt, one that I’ve mentioned here in the past. It always inspires me and reminds me of the drive to find the big silence of the open landscape in my work. The piece above, Eternally Free, is a favorite of mine that hangs in my studio and is one that I am always reminded of by this music.
I hope you can tune in this morning but for now, here’s the second movement from this wonderful piece of music which is title Silentium: Senza Moto which translates as Silence: Motionless. The big quiet.
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I recently learned that Arvo Part is a favorite of poet John Ashbery. I’m enjoying discovering his music.
I have the live stream up. Thanks for the reminder!
Thanks for the reminder. I just listened to it. Great job!
Thanks for listening, Al. Much appreciated.
What a wonderful interview. So many things you said resonated:
“I wanted to do what I wanted to do.”
“I had to establish my own voice…”
“I’m going to make them stop.”
“Paint the paintings you want to see.
It was especially interesting to hear you talk about your technique in the beginning of the interview, while I was looking at the painting hanging next to me. Honestly – I see it differently now. What a treat!
So glad you found something of value in it. Thank you so much for taking the time to listen, Linda.
Thanks for the reminder about the interview. We enjoyed it so much! I’ve been a fan and blog recipient since I saw your show at the Fenimore Museum. I spent about an hour in that room, just captivated by your work! I bought your book, signed up and have been enjoying your blog since November.
My husband and I celebrated our tenth anniversary and he wanted to get me some jewelry to mark the occasion. I suggested that we purchase one of your paintings instead! “Clarification” now hangs in our bedroom and we are delighted with it on a daily basis!!! Thank you so very much.
PS Did you know that there is a heart in the center of it?
Susan, thank you so much for your interest in my work and for taking the time to listen to the interview. I hope that you’ll continue to read the blog and stay in touch.
After reading your comment, I had to immediately pull out the image of “Clarification” to see if there was a heart and there it was, much to my surprise. Very interesting! I hope you and your husband will enjoy this painting and find new things in it for many years to come.
Again, thank you, Susan.
Very thought-provoking interview, Gary! Hearing more about how you work and the paths that brought you to where you are now was time well spent and watching your work change over the years from the small pieces in that first (?) solo show at the Gmeiner to these large pieces filled with color and light has been a delight. I’ve loved all the incarnations of your muse. Your quest to establish your own voice resonated with my own and I had to smile when you mentioned Arvo Part–his music is often playing when I work in my studio. I’ll be interested in where the next step on your journey takes you.
Madalene, so good to hear from you! Thank you so much for the very kind comments. That Gmeiner show is often overlooked when recounting those first steps in this journey but I have wonderful memories of that show , which was my first solo exhibition. Thank you so much for that opportunity, one that really gave me the confidence in the work I was doing that enabled
me to move forward.
So glad you know Arvo Part’s music. It is great to work by, isn’t it? I’m sure quilting requires the same type of concentration as painting and his music is very focusing.
All the best to you, Madalene.