Title: “Music” Series No. 4 “Night City” themes and variations
Colour pencil drawing 9” x 3” 230 x 75
Copland's"Quiet City" was the inspiration behind this drawing. I had heard the music and was very moved by it. Driving one night, i reached the brow of a hill and stretched out before me were the suburbs of a city. Moving vehicles, red, white & yellow lights, rows of street lights, shadowy and bright buildings, the lights of windows, a kaleidoscope of moving and static points of light. I used single note themes, chordle and mixed variations in structure and colour to try to create a visual symphony, reminiscent of a city at night.
JOHN STURGESS © 2015