| Like the rest of us, you enjoy music and you've | | | | the Valkyries from Wagner, or perhaps trills the |
| often thought of owning a piece of music art, to | | | | delicate aria from the tragic end of 'Madame |
| meld the two passions of your life. It can be done. | | | | Butterfly.' A piece of music art depicting some of the |
| Music art consists of depictions of musicians and | | | | fantastic costumes from opera would be a delight |
| music itself. That last one sound impossible? Very | | | | any artist as he gets down on canvas just the |
| well, let us begin with the first, a portrayal of | | | | perfect sheen of satin and ruffle of delicate lace |
| musicians. Perhaps you love the symphony and even | | | | from around the throat of a famous singer. All in all, if |
| have season tickets. Every performance, matinee or | | | | you desire a piece of music art, you cannot go |
| evening, you come away with a glow of pure | | | | wrong with opera. |
| happiness. | | | | Should pop music be your forte, then most likely |
| Why not commission a painting of your favorite | | | | your color palette will be bright and loud, bringing a lot |
| orchestra, playing their hearts out to glorious music. If | | | | of energy into the painting. You could ask for an |
| you have a favorite member, say First Seat Violin, | | | | abstract rendering from Michael Jackson's video |
| your artist may spend a little extra time on her, even | | | | Thriller, for instance, which joins the film world with |
| making her features stand out from the rest of the | | | | the music world with the dancing world. That's a lot |
| orchestra as she is portrayed in the dress that you | | | | of artistic appeal in one painting! Whatever you |
| like her most in. It will be a challenge that a | | | | decide upon commissioning, when you get the piece |
| professional artist will gladly take up. | | | | home and hang it upon your wall, you will have a |
| If your taste extends to jazz, a fewer number of | | | | sensory experience to be proud of and which to |
| people will be the subject, but then the artist has | | | | share happily. |
| room to make them idiosyncratic in form, just as | | | | As to depicting music itself, many think of music in |
| they are in real life. Look at that lead trombonist. | | | | the form of colors, in a way that transcends the |
| Doesn't he have a very particular way of arching | | | | musical scale or even writing down music in note |
| back as he uses the slide to coax out those brassy | | | | form itself. This rarefied technique must be discussed |
| notes? Tell your artist about that favorite pose, and | | | | in detail with your favorite artist, as the colors in your |
| you will wind up with a highly distinctive piece of | | | | mind that translate into music will naturally be |
| music art. | | | | extremely subjective. For example, if you think of a |
| Opera music is your special love, you say? Then the | | | | chord as the yellow-orange part of the color wheel, |
| emphasis will be placed on an individual artist, unless | | | | then you will need to describe that to your artist and |
| you desire a set piece from a favorite opera such as | | | | allow him to work that into his painting; perhaps, to |
| the sextet from 'Lucia di Lammermoor.' Most likely, a | | | | him, the same chord says, 'blue-green'! Communication |
| diva has captured your heart and you would truly | | | | is the way to go to receive the desired end of the |
| enjoy seeing her portrait on your wall. She may be in | | | | project, one that will satisfy client and artist both. |
| full Viking regalia as she triumphantly sings the Ride of | | | | |