1950-C
This piece was inspired by Clyfford Still's canvas of the same name. Still's idiomatic style hints at variegated layers of depth beneath a seemingly flat
surface; this work attempt to emphasise the richness of sounds which are, by the very design of the instrument itself, typically minimised or
suppressed. Seemingly arbitrary 'tears' in Still's canvases generate, through their incongruity to surrounding elements, an extreme
tension and visual gravity; a homologous paradigm may be attempted with the guitar, where the ear will paradoxically be drawn to
those sounds which are least likely to be associated with such an instrument.
