{"id":76,"date":"2025-09-29T17:25:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T17:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carmenmcnallyart.com\/?p=76"},"modified":"2025-10-06T11:41:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T11:41:46","slug":"76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carmenmcnallyart.com\/?p=76","title":{"rendered":"Abstract painting to music"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>25.09.25<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today I did some abstract painting while listening to <em>Clair de Lune<\/em> by Claude Debussy. This piece of music is special to me because it played on my daughter\u2019s hanging mobile when she was a baby. She is nine now, but I hadn\u2019t really come across this music much until the last couple of years, when I started hearing it often on TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listening to it feels strange because so many memories come back. I was a first-time mum then, but also in a lot of pain and in a wheelchair from pregnancy-related issues. The music brings an overflow of emotions \u2013 anxiety, fear, happiness, excitement, loneliness, feeling overwhelmed, and the memory of how tiny Eva was with her big brown eyes. When I hear it now, I feel my eyes begin to well up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t usually paint in an abstract way because I tend to be a perfectionist. I admire artists who work loosely, with simple and confident brushstrokes that gesture the objects they are painting. My tutor encouraged me to give it a go, and I actually enjoyed it. At first, I felt daunted by the big blank canvas, and I kept thinking too much about where to place each mark. But I tried to let go, painting more freely while listening to the music on repeat. I used found objects like torn cardboard, a natural sponge, and my fingers for mark-making. Next, I\u2019d like to experiment with a spatula to create some diagonal lines. Right now, the painting feels a bit busy, but that is part of the process of learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019d like to carry on exploring this way of painting, even though I don\u2019t yet know where it will take me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"915\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/carmenmcnallyart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/01.process-915x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carmenmcnallyart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/01.process-915x1024.jpg 915w, https:\/\/carmenmcnallyart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/01.process-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/carmenmcnallyart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/01.process-768x860.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carmenmcnallyart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/01.process-1372x1536.jpg 1372w, https:\/\/carmenmcnallyart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/01.process.jpg 1476w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 915px) 100vw, 915px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"866\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/carmenmcnallyart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/01-1-866x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carmenmcnallyart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/01-1-866x1024.jpg 866w, https:\/\/carmenmcnallyart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/01-1-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/carmenmcnallyart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/01-1-768x908.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carmenmcnallyart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/01-1-1299x1536.jpg 1299w, https:\/\/carmenmcnallyart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/01-1.jpg 1732w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 866px) 100vw, 866px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"850\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 478 \/ 850;\" width=\"478\" controls src=\"https:\/\/carmenmcnallyart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/02.video_.process-1.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>25.09.25 Today I did some abstract painting while listening to Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy. 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