aNCieNT RooTS

GUITAR IS

24″ x 48″ Mixed Media on Canvas

 

 

The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles.  That sentence can be found on numerous websites that have info or pictures about guitars.  Guitar even has its own Facebook page:  Guitar    There is something about the sounds of a guitar that I love.  Maybe it goes back to listening to my avô (grandfather) playin’ his string instruments.  There’s something about the acoustic sound that penetrates my soul.

iSLaND MuSiC

OKI ROCK

24″ x 36″ Sharpie on Canvas

 

 

This kid was rockin’ out on a guitar while I photographed him at the Ryukyu Mura in Okinawa, Japan.  I don’t know what he was playing, but he was awesome!  I wish I had half of the musical talent he had, but I can make art so I combined our talents into this piece.  To make this one I broke open Sharpie markers and took out the ink casing that is inside.  Then I frayed the ends of the casings and used them like paint brushes.  After that I went back in and touched up the rough edges with other Sharpies that were still all together.