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I was asked by composer Jerry Randalls to collaborate with him to create some visual to go with his new Laxmi composition.
I created a series of abstract compositions called Counterpoint in response to repeatedly listening to the Laxmi composition. I used gestural marks and movement with the brushes to create colourful textural marks in watercolour. The individual pieces were sliced and re-composed to create new compositions of juxtaposing colour and pattern. Colours were inspired by the Laxmi Hindu goddess.
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White mount size 21cm x 29.7cm
£45
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White mount size 21cm x 29.7cm
£45 – SOLD
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White mount size 21cm x 29.7cm
£45
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White mount size 21cm x 21cm
£35
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White mount size 21cm x 21cm
£40
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White mount size 21cm x 21cm
£45 – SOLD
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White mount size 21cm x 21cm
£40
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White mount size 21cm x 21cm
£40
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White mount size 21cm x 21cm
£30 – SOLD
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White mount size 21cm x 29.7cm
£45
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White mount size 21cm x 29.7cm
£40
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White mount size 21cm x 21cm
£35
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White mount size 21cm x 21cm
£35
If you are interested in any of the pieces for your home or office, please email hello@louisekirby.com They are all one off watercolour collages ranging from £30 – £45.
To listen to the collaboration click here
Jerry writes “Laxmi (also known as Lakshmi) – for Flute trio, jazz trio and cello
I have fused a jazzy arpeggiated melodic pattern with a 17th century harmonic progression which suggests more than a nod to J S Bach, but is also, as it happens, a staple of the jazz world. The piece concludes with a brief blues break which merges into a classic Baroque final cadence.
Louise has a striking and wholly individual style which resonates with the renaissance of her home town of Dundee as a leading citadel of contemporary creative arts. Her work is always confident, fresh and dynamic – and echoes techniques and principles which also guide my composition technique: line, patterns and sequences, energetic rhythms, tone colour, momentum and structure. I love how she has taken the idea of counterpoint – melody against melody – and applies it to visual art. I couldn’t have imagined a more spectacular exhibition to accompany my music. “