Lyrics Series
"Music moves me. It's an essential element of my life--with broad variety."
The music in my studio is an integral companion for creating. Catchy tunes jazz my paintings and I'm drawn to artists who write clever lyrics of ballads and stories. In this series I've been inspired to "paint the lyrics" --the stories. They are my colorful renderings that visually bring the songs to life.
The music in my studio is an integral companion for creating. Catchy tunes jazz my paintings and I'm drawn to artists who write clever lyrics of ballads and stories. In this series I've been inspired to "paint the lyrics" --the stories. They are my colorful renderings that visually bring the songs to life.
To experience the full effect of each painting, click the arrow to listen to the song,
then select the painting for a larger view.
then select the painting for a larger view.
Jazzman
Song/Lyrics: Jazzman/Carole King Size: 30x40 Price: $2500 SOLD |
Her Place Near the River
Song/Lyrics: Suzanne/Leonard Cohen Size: 24x24 Price: $1200 +shipping "Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river, You can hear the boats go by you can spend the night beside her..." |
Canyon Ladies
Song/Lyrics: Ladies of the Canyon/Joni Mitchell Size: 24x24 Price: $1200 +shipping "Trinna wears her wampum beads She fills her drawing book with lines Sewing lace on widows weeds And filigree on leaf and vine And her coats a second hand one Trimmed in antique luxury She is a lady of the canyon Annie sits you down to eat She always makes you welcome in Cats and babies round her feet..." |
Bleached Blonde
Song/Lyrics: Blonde in the Bleachers/Joni Mitchell Size: 24x24 Price: $1200 +shipping "The blonde in the bleachers She flips her hair for you Above the loudspeakers You start to fall..." |
A Lonely Painter
Song/Lyrics: A Case of You/Joni Mitchell Size: 24x24 Price: $1200 +shipping "Just before our love got lost you said, "I am as constant as a northern star." And I said, "Constantly in the darkness, Where's that at? If you want me I'll be in the bar." Oh, I am a lonely painter I live in a box of paints..." |
Feminine Mandolin
Song/Lyrics: Something So Feminine About a Mandolin/Jimmy Buffett Size: 24x24 Price: $1200 +shipping "It was late in the evenin' just a few of us pickin', but the lady she played so easy and fine. And the chords that she strummed were so tastefully clever, they planted this song in my mind..." |
Playing for Free
Song/Lyrics: For Free/Joni Mitchell Size: 24x24 Price: $1200 +shipping "I slept last night in a good hotel I went shopping today for jewels The wind rushed around in the dirty town, and the children let out from the schools I was standing on a noisy corner, waiting for the walking green across the street he stood and he played real good, on his clarinet for free..." |
Chelsea
Song/Lyrics: Chelsea Morning/Joni Mitchell Size: 24x36 Price: $1800 +shipping "Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning, and the first thing that I heard Was a song outside my window, and the traffic wrote the words It came a-reeling up like Christmas bells, and rapping up like pipes and drums Oh, won't you stay We'll put on the day And we'll wear it 'till the night comes..." |
Take Me Back
Song/Lyrics: Back to the Island/Jimmy Buffett Size: 24x24 Price: $1200 +shipping "Now the day is done And I sit alone and think of you girl What would I do without you in my life Wonderin' if you love me or just playing a fool of me. Well I hope you understand I just had to go back to the island..." |
Railroad Maiden
Song/Lyrics: Railroad Lady/Jimmy Buffett Size: 24x24 Price: $1200 + shipping "She's a railroad lady Just a little bit shady Spending her days on the train..." |
Strummin '
Song/Lyrics: Margaritaville /Jimmy Buffett Size: 24x24 Price: $1200 +shipping " Nibblin' on sponge cake, watchin' the sun bake; All of those tourists covered with oil. Strummin' my six string on my front porch swing..." |
My Pony and My Boat
Song/Lyrics: If I Had a Boat/Lyle Lovett Size: 24x24 Price: $1200 SOLD " If I had a boat I'd go out on the ocean And if I had a pony I'd ride him on my boat..." |
Second Honeymoon
Song/Lyrics: Frankie and Lola/Jimmy Buffett Size: 24x24 Price: $1200 +shipping "Lola loves Frank, Frankie loves Lola On their second honeymoon in Pensacola Tryin' to find a little privacy... " |
The Bridge
Song/Lyrics: The Bridge/Elton John Size: 30x30 Price: $1900 +shipping "I've seen the bridge and the bridge is long And they built it high and they built it strong Strong enough to hold the weight of time Long enough to leave some of us behind And every one of us has to face that day Do you cross the bridge or do you fade away And every one of us that ever came to play ..." |
Harvest Moon
Song/Lyrics: Harvest Moon/Neil Young Size: 30x30 Price: $1900 +shipping "But now it's gettin' late And the moon is climbin' high I want to celebrate See it shinin' in your eye. Because I'm still in love with you I want to see you dance again Because I'm still in love with you On this harvest moon..." |
Every Friday Night
Song/Lyrics: Nautical Wheelers/Jimmy Buffett Size: 24x24 Price: $1200 + shipping "Nautical Wheelers who call themselves sailors Play fiddle tunes under the stars. Petticoats rustle, working shoes scuffle, Hustle on down to the bars. Where the jukebox is blastin' and the liquor is flowing an occasional bottle of wine..." |
Disco Queen
Song/Lyrics: Dancin Queen/Abba Size: 30x30 PRIVATE COLLECTION You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life See that girl, watch that scene, digging the Dancing Queen Friday night and the lights are low Looking out for the place to go Where they play the right music, getting in the swing You come in to look for a king Anybody could be that guy Night is young and the music's high With a bit of rock music, everything is fine You're in the mood for a dance..." |
Lady M
Song/Lyrics: Lady Marmalade/Patti LaBelle Size: 30x30 Price: $1900 +shipping Hey Sister, Go Sister, Soul Sister, Go Sister He met Marmalade down in Old New Orleans Struttin' her stuff on the street She said 'Hello, Hey Joe, you wanna give it a go? 'Mmm Hmmm Gitchi Gitchi Ya Ya Da Da [? ] Gitchi Gitchi Ya Ya Da Da ... |
Her Sail Across the Sun
Song/Lyrics: Drops of Jupiter/Train Size: 30x30 Price: $1900 +shipping ...But tell me, did you sail across the sun? Did you make it to the Milky Way to see the lights all faded And that Heaven is overrated? Tell me, did you fall for a shooting star? One without a permanent scar and did you miss me While you were looking for yourself out there? ... |