Golden Hour Sounds of Jazz

Original Painting by Nancy Martini

Oil Paint on Canvas - 45"(H) 60" (W) 2" (D)  / 114cm (H) 152cm (W) 5cm (D)

An original oil painting by Nancy Martini on canvas featuring textures that catch the light like the setting sun. The work uses warm amber and violet hues to evoke a sense of serene warmth. This painting was created while listing to jazz music. The marks dance across the canvas as the music led my brush. I wrote the poem below that further describes what I was thinking when I was painting.

Now I understand 

the tin man. 

Oil!

The sun was setting 

on an August inferno 

of a day. 

Oil!

Charlie Parker

on the radio. 

Terrified, I drove 

over the Julia Tuttle Bridge

to get to Miami Beach.

Oil! 

Anxious and running with

canvas under my arm,

paintbrushes, paint, and

linseed

Oil!