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Harpsichordist Intensity

Jory Vinikour at Harpsichord

Jory Vinikour Performs the 3rd Movement of Sonata No. 1

A  debut recording by Jory Vinikour for Sono Luminus, the complete harpsichord works of Jean-Philippe Rameau, was nominated for a Grammy® award, in the category of Best Classical Solo Instrumental Recording in 2012.

Listen to the 3rd movement of Sonata No. 1 and notice how vibrant this performance is!

(University of California in Sacramento, 2010)

This selection is courtesy of the author and used by permission.

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New painting—”Dancers”

In my sketchbook was an ink drawing that had been on my mind for a  long time . . . so finally decided recently to enlarge it on canvas. I used the old-fashioned grid technique, which involves transferring the image one square at a time, until the entire image is redrawn.

The first photo shows the brother of a student holding up a scan of the original image, and the larger image already drawn in on canvas.

Dancers (lines only)

Dancers (lines only)

The next photo shows my student Gianna holding the completed work:

Dancers (completed)

Dancers (completed)

If you look at the piece as white on black, you see white dancers, but . . . if you look at the piece as black on white, you see black dancers. They are interlocked. A bit of an optical illusion!

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Free Tropical Dreams Ring Tone

Click the play line and take a listen to what could be your 20-second Ring Tone.

Then to download, right-click on the big button, and this MP3 file can be yours!

Note: When you right-click on this button you can select download to download the linked file to your computer and save this on your desktop. Use appropriate software to use this file for a ring tone.

If you have an iPhone, simply change the suffix to m4r and drop it into iTunes to make your ringtone.

It’s a very cool way to hear an incoming call!

 

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Ascension – view of autumn leaves

Ascension in black & white, framed

Ascension in black & white, framed

Originally I took a photo of a tree through the sun roof of my car on a cloudy day. The leaves were falling fast, so outdoor painting wasn’t an option. I transferred the image to a much larger surface using the old-fashioned grid technique. This pencil drawing took about a week. Inking took even longer! But the result is a very large pen-and-ink, almost photographic (but not quite).

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Ascension – up close detail

Here is a close-up. The original photograph had thousands of fine branches, so creative deletion was required!

25 X 30 inches, framed in dark wood, museum quality back and mat. Price available on request; go to the Contact page to send me a message.

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