1950C

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.