Abstract Oil Paintings - Mouna Bowa Extract 5
The idea behind this series was to use a condition I have called Synesthesia to determine the palette and design for each piece. Synesthesia is a unique neurological condition in which two or more sensory pathways within the brain overlap. This causes one pathway to lead to involuntary experiences in another pathway. Two of the most common forms of this condition are Grapheme-Color Synesthesia which is the association of colors with numbers and/or letters and Chromesthesia which causes individuals to associate specific colors with sounds. I have both of these forms of synesthesia, but used only Chromesthesia for this series. I chose a West-African jazz album called Tchokola featuring the famous electric violin player, Jean Luc Ponty, that my parents often played throughout my childhood. It is an album that brought a certain emotion and feeling that I haven't felt with any other music, and the colors I saw when I heard it were so vibrant and animated that I had to turn those visions into paintings. Based on the colors and patterns I saw, I felt the best way to exemplify my visions was to use oils, to paint abstractly and to use a palette knife. I named each piece after the song that inspired me to create it. Mam'Mai is one of them, and Mouna Bowa is another. Once these paintings were complete, I photographed them, and chose specific close-up sections to create new paintings from. Those are the "Extracts". In total, there are nine paintings that make up the final series. Mouna Bowa Extract 5 was created from a photograph I took of the original painting, Mouna Bowa. Dimensions - 36" X 26" *Painting is signed on the back
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I discovered my passion for drawing when I was two years old. I really feel that it's something that chose me, and not the other way around. Some of my favorite childhood memories are of when I received art supplies for Christmas. I was fortunate enough to have an amazing family to support me and my passion.
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