Patricia Morris

IN CONCERT SERIES 1995 - 2007

What could sound look like? Could gestures made in response to music reflect the experience of listening? The paintings in In Concert began with small, intuitive abstract sketches made while listening to music. Each work developed from a particular musical piece, but as the paintings evolved, they began to take on characters and rhythms of their own. The series explores the translation of sound into gesture, movement, colour and form—less as an illustration of music than as a visual response to the experience of hearing it.
Abstract oil painting on canvas, inspired by R. Murray Shafers' Concerto for Flute and Orchestra

PROMENAD SUR L'HERBE

Oil on canvas, 14x18 inches. Inspired by R. Murray Shafers' Concerto for Flute and Orchestra

Oil on canvas, 14x18 inches. Inspired by F. Schuberts' Fantasia in F minor for piano

THE CONCERT

Oil on canvas, 14x18 inches. Inspired by F. Schuberts' Fantasia in F minor for piano

Oil on canvas, 30x40 inches. Inspired by First Gnossienne by Eric Satie

FIRST GNOSSIENNE

Oil on canvas, 30x40 inches. Inspired by First Gnossienne by Eric Satie

Oil painting, abstract interpretation of music by Malcom Goldstein, John Heward and Rainer Wiens

TRIO #1

Oil on canvas, 36x48 inches. Inspired by Trio 1 by Malcom Goldstein, John Heward and Rainer Wiens

Abstract acrylic paintings inspired by the piano, 22x28 inches

AT THE PIANO

Acrylic on paper, 22x28 inches

Abstract oil paintings inspired by music. Oil on canvas, 18x24 inches

JAZZ IN HAVANAH

Oil on canvas, 18x24 inches

Abstract oil painting inspired by the music, The Darkly Splendid Earth: The Lonely Traveler, by R. Murray Schafer

A COINCIDENTAL GATHERING

Oil on canvas, 14x18 inches. Inspired by R. Murray Shafers' The Darkly Splendid Earth: The Lonely Traveler.

Oil on canvas, 10x12

PASSAGE

Oil on canvas, 10x12". Inspired by John Heward and Glen Spearmans' The Solidification of Fire

Abstract Oil on canvas painting, inspired by listening to Glen Gould playing Bach. 12x18 inches

GOULD PLAYS BACH

Oil on canvas, 12x18 inches

Oil on canvas, 14x18 inches. Inspired by Claude Debessey's Jeux des Vagues

NIGHT VISITORS / NOCTURNE

Oil on canvas, 14x18 inches. Inspired by Claude Debessey's Jeux des Vagues