Ink, water color, and molding paste on Yupo paper

9” x 11”

Natural wood & glass frame

"Desafinado," a classic Bossa Nova song composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim with lyrics by Newton Mendonça, translates to "Out of Tune" or "Off Key"in English.Stan Getz, along with João Gilberto, famously recorded an instrumental version of this song, which helped popularize Bossa Nova in the United States.The English lyrics, written by Jon Hendricks and Jessie Cavanaugh, explore the idea of love as a melody that can sometimes be slightly off-key or out of tune, but still beautiful and meaningful. 

Many of you know that music is one of my most compelling inspiration for my work. The school I went to in New York emphasized Music above all, teaching us to “see the music, and hear the dance” -George Balanchine. I traded in my point shoes for paint brushes a long time ago, but the core of what drives my work is still often music. This small series was a practice in seeing what Stan Getz gave me to listen to. Slightly out of tune and off key.

Currently on display Pelagic Bottle Shop.