Vivaldi

Vivaldi Summer (Presto) W 48" X H 32"

Vivaldi's Four Seasons- was one of the first classical pieces of music I ever really truly listened to that actually made me stop and think about classical music. Being raised in the feverish height of the 60s rock and roll era, I was not often exposed or enticed into listening to classical music. The first time I every really listened was in my mid 20s when I was prodded into listening to Vivaldi's four seasons.

Amazed by what I clearly saw in my minds eye by the simple orchestration of instruments, I soon after developed a much better appreciation and curiosity for classical music. Now years later as an artist I have a much better understanding of what it feels like to try and convey an emotion or common thought without using words. I thought it would be challenging and intriguing to take what Vivaldi has expressed in music and translate it into what I and hopefully others sense and see in their minds eye when different movements in the music Vivaldi created are heard.

I created the above work with the imagining of a fast moving intense summer storm where the sky turns quickly dark with deep blues and purples of cloud cover. When the wind suddenly in moments rises and the wind driving rain beats down while quick flashes of lightening illuminate the furiously blowing upper limbs and leaves of the trees... ... then just as suddenly as it arrived, it passes. For me this is what I see and hear in the Vivaldi Summer -Presto- movement and what I tried to capture in this latest work.

Here in Maine I will be representing my work in my own gallery space here in Camden starting next June 1st 2010. My work is also represented in the "Elaine Beckwith Gallery" in Jamaica VT... See web site listing below:

http://www.beckwithgallery.com/index.php3?gallery=-60-Paintings&info=-55-Donald_Rainville