Richard Adams
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These new works on paper and board bring Richard Adam’s painting and music process to a new point of harmony. Harmony in music is the sound of 2 or more notes put together to create a pleasing sound. This can also apply to painting, where 2 or more lines or brush strokes placed together can create a pleasing image. As Adam’s is a jazz musician there is much improvisation and therefore risk taking in order to create harmony. The same risks apply to his painting. The artist endeavors to create harmony between light and shade, line and stroke. In this new body of work Adam’s has incorporated aspects of music – using 5 lines to represent the stave, 5 blocks of colour to represent counterpoint or 5 areas of light and shade which represent forte or pianissimo thereby creating harmony.