Sound Paintings

Echoes and Threads

For Echoes and Threads project I have investigated my own sound journey through recording acoustic instruments within ancient stone sites and connecting with the renonsance of these spaces. I am investigating how our ancient ancestors connected with ceremony, music and rituals within stone monuments and ancient landscapes.

Through my practice of synaesthesia I have created sound sketches and paintings to echoe this phenomena.

Sound Painting - Chamber

Oil and Gesso on canvas

Artist - Helen Kirby

Instruments: SInging Bowl and Low D Irish Whistle recorded in West Kennet Long Barrow, Wiltshrire

From Sound Sketch to Sound Painting

Before each painting I will sketch up my interpretations of the recordings taken in the ancient sites. This will be expressed in the form of ‘sound sketches’. From these initial sketches I will create my original oil / gesso paintings.