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Listen to the Music Art Print

by Dick Richards

$42.35
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Listen to the Music art print by Dick Richards. Our art prints are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All art prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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This painting marked a shift in my approach to my work. It was the first instance in which I was fully able to immerse myself in what later became... more
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Artist's Description
This painting marked a shift in my approach to my work. It was the first instance in which I was fully able to immerse myself in what later became the state of mind described in the mantra I often use now when I begin a piece – “Be present. Let go. Disappear.” The shift began in a studio with other artists around. I wanted to block out my surroundings so put on a set of headphones (not earbuds) and started a small MP3 player loaded up with favorite music and let it play random tracks.
The painting just came. The canvas had been given a layer of blue. I began applying green, yellow, orange, and white, randomly in broad strokes with a three inch brush, working quickly and without thought, then scraping away the still wet top layer intuitively, impulsively, with a wide palette knife.
The painting spawned a series of works all titled with musical themes; Tempo, Solo, Counterpoint, Melody, etc. I now call this painting “Listen to the Music.” Strangely, I cannot recall wh...
About Dick Richards

For twenty years I sought to enter the state of “mushin” when I paint without fully understanding what I was seeking or having a name for it. Then I stumbled on the name and found resources that helped me understand it and enter it at will. Mushin is a Japanese term and Zen expression, also used in martial arts. It refers to the mental state, the mindset, I seek when painting. In that state I rely not on thought and judgment, but on my trained instinct or what I feel intuitively in a moment. In English, mushin means “no mind.” It is shorthand for the term “mushin no shin” which means “mind without mind.” In the state of mushin the mind is not empty, but is free of distractions such as planning, analysis, criticism, fear,...
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