“Whispered Bars in Ember and Turquoise” is an intimate mixed-media abstraction that reads like a forgotten song rediscovered. Torn fragments of old sheet music are collaged into a softly textured neutral ground, their faded staves and notes emerging and dissolving beneath layers of paint. Over this quiet musical undercurrent, warm ember oranges and earthy browns rise in gentle vertical bars, while flashes of turquoise and teal flicker between them like unexpected harmonies or remembered phrases.
Fine black lines, small dashes, and overlapping marks move across the surface with the delicacy of handwritten annotations in the margins of a score. The interplay between the visible music, the painted “bars,” and the cool turquoise accents suggests a language of rhythm and pause—what is said, unsaid, and half-remembered. The work carries the feeling of a private composition: fragments of sound translated into color, texture, and gesture.
From a distance, the piece reads as a rhythmic field of warm and cool tones; up close, the collaged paper, subtle edges, and delicate marks reveal a more intimate story of time, memory, and resonance. The use of vintage sheet music anchors the work in history, while the abstract treatment lifts it into a more emotional, symbolic space—like hearing an old melody reinterpreted in a new key.
Modest in scale yet rich in detail, “Whispered Bars in Ember and Turquoise” is well suited to an intimate setting or “little originals” grouping, where its layered whispers of music, ember, and turquoise can reward slow, contemplative looking.
Medium: Mixed media on 380gsm canvas paper
Finish: Under glass
Size: 9.6 x 14.5 inches (245 x 370 mm)
Australia & NZ: Frame:
Natural oak frame with mat and glass
Artwork is professionally framed and ready to hang
Size with Frame: 12.8 x 17.7 inches / 325 x 450 mm (approx.)
International: Mat and Backing
Size with Mat: 11.7 x16.5 inches /420 x 297mm
